Pride not thyself on thy religious works, Give to the poor, but talk not of thy gifts: By pride religious merit melts away, The merit of thy alms, by ostentation.

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Pride not thyself on thy religious works, Give to the poor, but talk not of thy gifts: By pride religious merit melts away, The merit of thy alms, by ostentation.

Manu · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 318

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Depend not on another, rather lean Upon thyself; trust to thine own exertions: Subjection to another's will gives pain; True happiness consists in self-reliance.

Manu · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 115

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

Let a man accept with confidence valuable knowledge even from a person of low degree, good instruction regarding duty even from a humble man, and a jewel of a wife even from an ignoble family.

Manu · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 307

Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.

The man with hoary head is not revered as aged by the gods, but only he who has true knowledge; he, though young, is old.

Manu · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 416