“A wise man gives at once, a wiser man at once refuses.”

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The passage of time is indeed not straight

Effort of hard work will never be wasted.

If you gently touch a nettle, it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an’ as soft as silk remains.

Life is a cycle of happiness followed by sufferings and vice versa.

A bird in hand is better than two in the bush.

As you sow, so shall you reap.

Advice only serves to further instigate fools, not to quieten them.

A house without a child is like a tomb.

There are three things that refresh the heart and reduce your grief water, flowers, and a beautiful woman.

An elephant never tires of carrying his own trunk.

Sorrow for the death of a father lasts six months; sorrow for a mother, a year; sorrow for a wife, until another wife; sorrow for a son, forever.

Helping others is one step closer to God.

Pride goeth before a fall.

They do not know their own defects, who search for the defects of others.

Virtues, even in an enemy should be acknowledged; Defects even in a Guru ought to be pointed out; Always, and with all endeavor should the son and the scholar be taught wisdom.