Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.

Be lamps unto yourselves; be your own confidence. Hold truth within yourselves.

The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.

The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe.

The gift of truth excels all other gifts.

We begin to die from the moment we are born, for birth is the cause of death. The nature of decay is inherent in youth, the nature of sickness is inherent in health, in the midst of life we are verily in death.

In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible.