Wicked Ones Are Like Fire. Even If

The Serpent, The King, The Tiger, The Stinging Wasp, The Small Child, The Dog Owned By Other People, And The Fool: These Seven Ought Not To Be Awakened From Sleep.

Union In Privacy (with One's Wife); Boldness; Storing Away Useful Items; Watchfulness; And Not Easily Trusting Others; These Five Things Are To Be Learned From A Crow.

He Who Loses His Money Is Forsaken By His Friends, His Wife, His Servants And His Relations; Yet When He Regains His Riches Those Who Have Forsaken Him Come Back To Him. Hence Wealth Is Certainly The Best Of Relations.

A Wise Man Should Marry A Virgin Of A Respectable Family Even If She Is Deformed. He Should Not Marry One Of A Low-class Family, Through Beauty. Marriage In A Family Of Equal Status Is Preferable.

Poverty, Disease, Sorrow, Imprisonment And Other Evils Are The Fruits Borne By The Tree Of One's Own Sins.