Long is the night for one who sleeps not, long is the ,road for one who is weary, long is the cycle of births, for the fool who knows not the true law.

If a man cannot find a companion who is superior or even his equal, he should resolutely follow a solitary path; for no good can come from companionship with a fool.

The fool torments himself by thinking, mine, this wealth is mine." How can he and riches, who does not possess himself ?

The fool who recognises his foolishness is at least wise in that. But the fool who thinks he is intelligent, is a fool indeed.

Even if the fool serves an intelligent man through his life, he will nevertheless remain ignorant of truth, just as the spoon knows not the taste of soup.

If an intelligent man serves a wise man, if only for t moment, he will quickly understand the truth, just a, the tongue instantly perceives the savour of the soup,

The fools, those who are ignorant, have no worse enemies than themselves; bitter is the fruit they gather from their evil actions.

The evil action which one repents later brings only, regrets and the fruit one reaps will be tears and lamentations. 

The good action one does not need to repent later brings no regret and 'he fruit One reaps will be contentment and satisfaction.

As long as the evil action has not borne its fruits, the fool imagines that it is as sweet as honey. But when this action bears its fruits, he reaps only suffering.

Though month after month the fool takes his food with the tip of a blade Of ¹ Kusa grass, he is not for all that worth a sixteenth Part of one who has understood the truth.

An evil action does not yield its fruits immediately, just as milk does not at once turn sour, but like a fire covered with ashes, even so smoulders the evil action.

Whatever vain knowledge a fool may have been able to acquire, it leads, him only to his ruin, for it breaks his head and destroys his worthier nature.

The foolish monk thirsts after reputation, and a high rank among the Bhikkhus, after authority in the monastery and veneration from ordinary men.

"Let ordinary men and holy ones esteem highly what I have done,. let them obey me!" This is the longing of the fool, whose pride increases more and more.

One path leads to earthly gain and quite another leads to Nirvana. Knowing this, the Bhikkhu, the disciple of the Perfectly Enlightened One, longs no more for honour, but rather cultivates solitude.