Those who have wisdom have all:Fools with all have nothing.
I never saw Death before, and now I seeThat it is warring eyes in a woman’s form.
When the rare chance comes, seize itTo do the rare deed.
It is politics to please and hoodwink thoseWho flatter but despise us.
The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar.
If the married life possess love and virtue, these will be both its duty and reward
She who has the excellence of home virtues, and can expend within the means of her husband, is a help in the domestic state
Just as the earth that bears the man who tills and digs it, to bear those who speak ill of them, is a quality of the highest respect.
Uttering foul words, while there are the sweetest of words, is like going for the unripe fruits while there are a lot of ripe ones.
Those are fools however learnedWho have not learned to walk with the world.
Consider a man’s good qualities, and consider his faults; and judge his character by that which is more.
Even if someone does something that brings bad to you,do something good for them and make them feel shy for what they have done to you
Just as the hand rushes involuntarily to protect one’s honor in case of accidental state of undress, so does a friend come to his friend’s aid without being asked
It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,Which moves the world.
To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.
Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.
Great wealth, like a crowd at a concert,Gathers and melts.
In sandy soil, when deep you delve, you reach the springs below; The more you learn, the freer streams of wisdom flow.
Think wisely before you exercise an action. Having done so however, never look back and regret. That would be a shame
There is a limit for everything. You can’t just load tons and tons of peacock feathers in a cart considering it’s light weight. If you do, it will damage the axle of the cart.
Fame is a jealous mistressAnd will brook no rival.
From whomsoever one hears anything, it is wisdom to understand the true import of it.
He who on earth has lived in the conjugal state as he should live, will be placed among the Gods who dwell in heaven
The immoral can no more earn respectThan the envious be rich.
Reasoning with a drunkard is likeGoing under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.
A timely benefit, -though thing of little worth,The gift itself, -in excellence transcends the earth
Forsake not the friendship of those who have been your staff in adversity, Forget not be benevolence of the blameless.
Although an act of help done timely, might be small in nature, it is truly larger than the world itself.
Cling to the One who clings to nothing;And so clinging, cease to cling.
Folded hands may conceal a dagger –Likewise a foe’s tears.
The vast world rainless, one may bid adieuTo charity and penance.
Conquer with forbearanceThe excesses of insolence.
Virtue alone is happiness; all elseIs else, and without praise.
The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him.
The most valuable wealth of a man is his knowledge, which cannot be destroyed; all other riches that he has gained are not considered to be wealth at all.
To embrace the whole world in friendship is wisdom. This wisdom is not changeable like the flowers that bloom and fade.
People of noble character are afraid of keeping friendship with dishonorable people. But people of discreditable character consider friendship with the dishonorable as a blood relationship.
It is good to forget one’s anger against one’s wrongdoer, whoever he may be, for countless number of evils will quickly grow from this anger.