There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.

Buddha

PassionFireSharkHatred...+3

Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.

Napoleon Bonaparte

BetterEnemyForcedAlly

The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.

Chanakya

BeautyWomanDevotionHusband...+3

A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared; an act of charity which he has performed; domestic conflicts; private affairs with his wife; poorly prepared food he may have been offered; or slang he may have heard.

Chanakya

WiseManMedicineAct...+6

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.

Chanakya

GriefGivingInstructionFoolish...+5

Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits.

Chanakya

CompanyPoorMenCitizens...+6