Thiruvalluvar
The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him.Collection: Men
A man who always speaks the truth wholeheartedly is greater than those who do penance and deeds of charity.Collection: Truth
People of noble character are afraid of keeping friendship with dishonorable people. But people of discreditable character consider friendship with the dishonorable as a blood relationship.Collection: Friendship
The most valuable wealth of a man is his knowledge, which cannot be destroyed; all other riches that he has gained are not considered to be wealth at all.Collection: Knowledge
It is good to forget one's anger against one's wrongdoer, whoever he may be, for countless number of evils will quickly grow from this anger.Collection: Anger
To embrace the whole world in friendship is wisdom. This wisdom is not changeable like the flowers that bloom and fade.Collection: Friendship
The true nature of all wealth is temporary; those who have wealth must here and now do good deeds that will live for a long time.Collection: Nature
Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.Collection: Wise
Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.Collection: Wise
There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.Collection: Loss
Real kindness seeks no return.Collection: Kindness
The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.Collection: Fool
Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit.Collection: Arrows
Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.Collection: Friendship
How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?Collection: Compassion
As the quality of water changes with the nature of the soil;So will a man's reason vary with the quality of his friends.Collection: Men
Worthless are those who injure others vengefully, while those who stoically endure are like stored gold. The gratification of the vengeful lasts only for a day, but the glory of the forbearing lasts until the end of time. Though unjustly aggrieved, it is best to suffer the suffering and refrain from unrighteous retaliation.Collection: Suffering
Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.Collection: Inspirational
Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.Collection: Wise
A fortress is of no use to cowards.Collection: Coward
Those who pretend to know what they don't, will be thought ignorant of even what they know.Collection: Hypocrisy
The ignorant torment themselves more than they do others.Collection: Ignorance
This world is not for the poor, nor the next for the unkind.Collection: Kindness
Among the wealthy, compassionate men claim the richest wealth, For material wealth is possessed by even contemptible men. Find and follow the good path and be ruled by compassion. For if the various ways are examined, compassion will prove the means to liberation.Collection: Inspirational
Those who give way to great anger are like the dead:Those who are free from anger are free from death.Collection: Giving
There may be many who will gladly face death in the battlefield, but few who will face a hostile society.Collection: Society