Thiruvalluvar

Make foes of bowmen if you must,Never of penmen.

Great wealth, like a crowd at a concert,Gathers and melts.

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.

To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.

It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,Which moves the world.

Just as the hand rushes involuntarily to protect one's honor in case of accidental state of undress, so does a friend come to his friend's aid without being asked

Even if someone does something that brings bad to you,do something good for them and make them feel shy for what they have done to you

Consider a man__ good qualities, and consider his faults; and judge his character by that which is more.

Those who have wisdom have all:Fools with all have nothing.

Those are fools however learnedWho have not learned to walk with the world.

Uttering foul words, while there are the sweetest of words, is like going for the unripe fruits while there are a lot of ripe ones.

Just as the earth that bears the man who tills and digs it, to bear those who speak ill of them, is a quality of the highest respect.

She who has the excellence of home virtues, and can expend within the means of her husband, is a help in the domestic state

If the married life possess love and virtue, these will be both its duty and reward

The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar.

It is politics to please and hoodwink thoseWho flatter but despise us.

When the rare chance comes, seize itTo do the rare deed.

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.