He who does good deeds is truly learned.
He who is tormented by passion does not fall asleep even on a soft bed; once the passion is satisfied, it also falls asleep on the thorns.
Great is he who becomes blind at the sight of other people's wives, lame in the pursuit of another's wealth, and dumb when he hears blasphemy against his neighbor.
A true man is he who casts off the coming wrath, as a serpent casts off his old skin.
Stronger is the man who removes from him five demons: greed, malice, cowardice, excessive sensuality and lack of contentment.
The slothful is the most wretched of men, for the creator Ormuzd did not create any grain for the slothful.
He is called a Brahmin who has renounced evil, he who has not committed evil in body, speech, or thought.
Let him who has acquired his wealth through sin, and rejoices, know that this joy of his is worse than unhappiness.
He whose heart aspires neither to science, nor to battles, nor to women, was born into the world in vain, robbing his mother's youth
You think: "I am alone" - and you do not know that the wise man who looks at the good and the bad that you do does not leave your heart.
He who has wealth, he also has friends, relatives, he is a real man in the world, he is a pandit (man of books).
Who does not have the mind to teach another? Only the truly great is able by reason to follow the true path.
The happiness of the sedentary person is static, the one who stands is straight, the one who lies down is still, and ahead goes the happiness of the traveler.
He whose thought is not firm, who does not know the truth of dharma, whose faith wavers, is not given perfect wisdom.
The fragrance of flowers is not scattered against the wind; likewise, that of sandalwood or jasmine. The perfume of the virtuous spreads even against the wind. The good man penetrates everywhere.
To him whose thought is disturbed, full of passion, who sees only pleasure, his desire is increased: true, all this makes the bonds still stronger.
Man destitute of wealth, and for this reason unregarded, ceases all action, as small rivers dry up in summer.
Even the imagined jealousy of the husband drives the wife to another. The wise guard his wife without showing his jealousy.
The ornament of man is wisdom, the ornament of wisdom is tranquility, the ornament of tranquility is courage, the ornament of courage is softness.
Those who are endowed with the power to control their desires renounce their sins. That is why the restraint of desires is called supreme.
Anoint the curls of the Truth with myrrh - may it have prosperity and health.
Those who enjoy peace do good deeds and thereby reach heaven. That is why silence is called supreme.
Do not brag in vain about science! Do not think that you are the first in everything! and ask the counsel not only of the wise, But also of the unwise.
The mistress of the house is the soul of the house. A house without a master is like a forest.
The good wife works for you like a servant; gives advice like a counselor; she is beautiful as the goddess of beauty; she is quiet and tenacious as the earth; it nourishes you like a mother and delights you like a hetaira. The good wife - six people in one.
A good word spoken by someone, if you do not follow it, is as useless as a flower that is beautifully colored but has no smell.
A good word spoken by someone, and which you follow, is useful like the lovely and sweet-smelling flower.
Virtue is a hundred times more precious than the most expensive treasure.
A man's worth is known after his death.
Often, the scale resembles the man of nothing: when it goes up, when it goes down.