To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance.

If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he help others across?

Do not let pleasure distract you from meditation, from the way. Free yourself from pleasure and pain.

Here will I live in the rainy season, here in the autumn and in the summer: thus muses the fool. He realizes not the danger (of death).

Harm no other beings. They are just your brothers and sisters.

Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.

Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.