If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all.

The Beautiful chariots of kings wear out, This body too undergoes decay. But the Dhamma of the good does not decay: So the good proclaim along with the good.

Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker.

It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power.

Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you.

Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify them by the Discipline. If they are neither traceable in the Discourses nor verifiable by the Discipline, one must conclude thus: 'Certainly, this is not the Blessed One's utterance; this has been misunderstood by that bhikkhu - or by that community, or by those elders, or by that elder.' In that way, bhikkhus, you should reject it.