- A wise man gives at once, a wiser man at once refuses.
- 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.
- They do not know their own defects, who search for the defects of others.
- Pride goeth before a fall.
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- Helping others is one step closer to God.
- 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.
- An elephant never tires of carrying his own trunk.
- There are three things that refresh the heart and reduce your grief water, flowers, and a beautiful woman.
- A house without a child is like a tomb.
- Advice only serves to further instigate fools, not to quieten them.
- As you sow, so shall you reap.
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- A bird in hand is better than two in the bush.
- Life is a cycle of happiness followed by sufferings and vice versa.
- 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.
- Effort of hard work will never be wasted.
- The passage of time is indeed not straight
- A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
- A good well-lived today makes every yesterday a dream of a good future, and every morning is a vision of hope.
- Perseverance, daring, courage, wisdom, strength and valour – Where these six are, there is God.
- The virtuous make good their promise.
- The greatest hero is one who has control over his desires.
- There are no rules to be followed in bad times.
- Wisdom is the right measure of one’s strength.
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- Coming events cast their shadow before.
- One should save for a rainy day.
- A woman’s appetite is twice that of a man’s; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.
- Over-affection is apt to suspect evil.
- Excess in all matters is to be avoided.
- Truth has but one color, a lie has many.
- Take a close look at today, because yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is barely a vision.
- Diligence is mother of good luck.
- There are none so deaf as those who will not hear advice.
- There is no bigger virtue than compassion.
- A fool who knows he is a fool has a little intelligence, but a fool that thinks he is intelligent is really a fool.
- If you forsake a certainty and depend on an uncertainty, you will lose both the certainty and the uncertainty.
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- The wicked see every fault in others even if they are small as mustard seeds
- Educating a person is the best charity.
- He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life’s pleasure is like a blacksmith’s bellows – he breathes but does not live.
- Wealth is a great attraction or Friends are plenty when the purse is full.
- Silence could be used as a tool to accomplish things.
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- Fruitful trees bend down; Likewise, the truly great are humble.
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