“Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.”

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.

If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.

Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.

Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become.

Perfection comes from the disinterested performance of an action on a continuous basis.

Men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by which they are determined.

If we do not know how to meaningfully talk about racism, our actions will move in misleading directions.

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.

A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets tough.

If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.

Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.