Just as solid rocks are not shaken by the wind, so wise men are not moved by either blame or praise.

Just as the paths of the birds or the fish are invisible, so is the path of the possessors of wisdom.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as a wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the cart.

They who know truth in truth, and untruth in untruth, arrive at truth, and follow true desires.

Who but the self can be master of the self? With self well controlled, another master is hard to find.

As the herdsman drives cattle by the rod to the pen, so does time drive man to death.

Victory breeds hatred, for the conquered is unhappy. The calm one is he who has given up both victory and defeat.

It is better to live alone than with a fool.

Fools of poor understanding have themselves for their greatest enemies, for they do evil deeds which bear bitter fruits.

Better than a thousand meaningless words is one word of sense, which brings the hearer peace.