He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, - such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.

As a water bead on a lotus leaf, as water on a red lily, does not adhere, so the sage does not adhere to the seen, the heard, or the sensed.

He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.

Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! - he will be beloved of the good, by the bad he will be hated.

Like fresh milk a bad deed does not turn at once. It follows a fool scorching him like a smouldering fire.

Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.

From a withered tree, a flower blooms