Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say,

Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say, "what fear has a rich man of calamity?" Wealth sometimes vanishes away and large accumulations perish.

Chanakya

What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?

What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?

There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems.

There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems.

The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.

The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.

A low-minded person should not be given good advice.

A low-minded person should not be given good advice.

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.

Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

The man who remains a fool even in advanced age is really a fool, just as the Indra-Varuna fruit does not become sweet no matter how ripe it might become.

The man who remains a fool even in advanced age is really a fool, just as the Indra-Varuna fruit does not become sweet no matter how ripe it might become.

At the time of the pralaya (universal destruction) the oceans are to exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly man never changes.

At the time of the pralaya (universal destruction) the oceans are to exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly man never changes.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.

My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.

My pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain.

You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.

You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.

Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.

Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is ‘elephant’.

Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is ‘elephant’.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.