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

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

He who has wealth has friends.

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

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible.

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.