Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.

A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.

Evil person causes harm even if treated will.

Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.

A person becomes great not be sitting on some high seat, but through higher qualities. Can a crow become an eagle by simply sitting on the top of a palatial building?

The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.

Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.