“Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.”

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

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

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.

Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?

One’s weakness should not ever be revealed.

When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.

Don’t judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, because time has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

Time perfects men as well as destroys them.

Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.

The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.

A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.

A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.