“The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.”

A ruler wishing to win should not trust a captured enemy even if he may be extending had to be friend. Because deep rooted enmity, however, concealed, will surely come to light.

Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.

He who has wealth has friends.

He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.

It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.

Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.

My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.

Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.

The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.

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

They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.

He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.

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.

A low-minded person should not be given good advice.

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.

Wild animals are less wild and more human than many humans of this world.

I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.

Thousands of people who say they ‘love’ animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terrors of the abattoirs

How she loved to listen when he thought only the horse could hear.

Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves