Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

Even a pandit comes to grief by giving instruction to a foolish disciple, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by excessive familiarity with the miserable.

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?