“The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.”

Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

This world is a bitter tree, it has only two sweet nectar like fruits – one is soft voice and the other is company of gentlemen.

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.

Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.

A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.

A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.

An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.

Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.

Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.

People’s Fury is above all the furies.

If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels that pain. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it.

A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle simply because he sits on the top of a tall building?

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

Although an ass is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three things should be learned from the ass.

None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell.

It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.

For in me there have always been two fools, among others, one asking nothing better than to stay where he is and the other imagining that life might be slightly less horrible a little further on.

A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.

There’s one fool at least in every married couple.