“In India, no one has ever claimed to be a prophet. The reason is that claims to divinity are customary.”

A monarch should be ever intent on conquest, lest his neighbours rise in arms against him.

Learning is a plant that grows in all climes.

But the World endures but an hour. Spend it in prayer for the rest is unseen.

Most worshippers of God are intent on the advancement of their own destiny, not on His worship.

It is best for ordinary men to have only one wife !

The world is a Bridge, pass over it, but build no houses upon it. He who hopes for a day, may hope for eternit.