Even a pandit comes to grief by giving instruction to a foolish disciple, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by excessive familiarity with the miserable.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

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

Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

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.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

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.

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

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

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

[First line]“The business of murder took time, patience, skill, and a tolerance for the monotonous.

In exalting the faculties of the soul, we annihilate, in a great degree, the delusion of the senses.

Innovation is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure.

Things we think of as tremendous advantages can get in the way of being happy, and wealth is one of those things where people can become isolated within this luxury and not connect.

The spirit of her invincible heart guided her through the shadows.

Shut up, I know what I'm doing!

Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian

When you said the media, the liberals are just being good bots and just doing what they're told.

Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.

Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.