One should not inhabit a country where one gets no respect, no opportunity to earn once’s livelihood, where one has no friends or relatives, or from where one can not acquire knowledge.
He whose son is obedient to him, whose wife's conduct is in accordance with his wishes, and who is content with his riches has his heaven here on earth.
Never believe the wicked though they are sweet tongued. The honey is only in the tip of their tongue–the heart is full of venom.
Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.
One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy...
He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.
Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.
The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability...
Those parents who do not educate their sons are their enemies; for as is a crane among swans, so are ignorant sons in a public assembly.
A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.
Trees on a riverbank, a woman in another man's house, and kings without counselors go without doubt to swift destruction.
Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher full of poison with milk on top.
