Mother, father and teacher are best guides of a person; that person is really lucky whose parents are virtuous as they will always guide him to the right way and always think good for him.
There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.
You may control a mad elephant; You may shut the mouth of the bear and the tiger; Ride the lion and play with the cobra; By alchemy you may earn your livelihood; You may wander through the universe incognito; Make vassals of the gods; be ever youthful; You may walk on water and live in fire; But control of the mind is better and more difficult.
For which of you desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

