“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.”

“As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.”

“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?”

“As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.”

“Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.”

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

“Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”

“Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.”

“He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.”

“He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.”

“If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?”

“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.”

“One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.”

“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.”

“The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.”

“The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.”

“The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.”

“The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.”

“The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.”

“The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.”

“The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.”

“There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.”

“There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.”

“There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.”

“Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.”

“We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.”