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 befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.
The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.
One's weakness should not ever be revealed.
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
Time perfects men as well as destroys them.
A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins.
There is no disease so destructive as lust.
Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.
Good behavior wins even an enemy.
Love is indicated by deeds (and not by words)
Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.
The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.
Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.
Enemies strike at weak points.
We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favour,like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.
Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.
He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.
Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.
A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
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