The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.

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.

In spite of her plainness that would have made wallflowers of other women, she radiated a great sense of self-importance.

I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me.

It is not for us to forecast the future, but to shape it.

Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean.

You can beat on your chest, hell, any monkey can.

I have no intention of ending my career in a rooming house, with full scrapbooks and an empty stomach.

You know that the formula is askew when even if the formula is working, it's not; when even if everything's going right, something is wrong.

You’re a dead man,” Kyle said. “Warren doesn’t take kindly to people who hurt me.

Everyone in showbiz is driven by ego, so how do you go from having loads of fame to working at 7-11? You can't do it!

I tried to peg out soldierly,--no use! One dies of war like any old disease.