As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

Task performed by an unintelligent person should not be rated high.

There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

Fire, even if put on head, burns only.

A father who is a chronic debtor, an adulterous mother, a beautiful wife, and an unlearned son are enemies in one's own home.

Education beats the beauty and the youth.