सुभाषित

वज्रात् अपि कठोराणि मृदूनि कुसुमात् अपि .
लोकोत्तराणां चेतांसि कः नु विज्ञातुम् अर्हति
Harder than the vajra (and) softer than the flower Who indeed deserves to (or is able to ) understand the hearts of great people ?
अपि स्वर्णमयी लंका न मे लक्ष्मण रोचते .
जननी जन्मभूमिः च स्वर्गात् अपि गरीयसी
 Even though Lanka is a golden land, O Lakshmana,
it does not appeal to me. One's mother and motherland are
grander than heaven itself.
परोपकाराय फलन्ति वृक्षाः परोपकाराय वहन्ति नद्यः .
परोपकाराय दुहन्ति गावः परोपकाराय शरीरम् एतत् ..
Trees bear fruit to do good to others, Rivers flow to
do good to others; Cows milk to do good to others - This
body is for doing good to others.
It is to assist others that the trees give fruit,
that the rivers flow, that the cows produce milk.
(By implication) our own human body also should be
employed for the assistance of others
उत्सवे व्यसने च एव दुर्भिक्षे शत्रुसंकटे .
राजद्वारे श्मशाने च यः तिष्ठति सः बांधवः ..
In a festival as well as in calamity, in a famine and in an invasion, at the doorstep of the king and in the graveyard - one who stands (beside you) is your brother
Only those can be considered kinsmen, who stand by you whether in festivities or times of trouble, in famines or when enemies threaten, at the king's court or in the cremation ground.
"Facing drug or homicide party time or barmecide stepping sprightly, palace-bound wandering on burning ground, man who keeps with you through all is true homey, brother, pal."
शतेषू जायते शूरः सहस्रेषु च पंडितः .
वक्ता दशसहस्रेषु दाता भवति वा न वा ..
A valiant man is born one among every hundred. A scholar one among thousand, A speaker among tenthousand, however a generous giver may or may not be born.
"One brave man in hundred chaps Thousand yield a pundit, Ten of them for one that yaps, Where the man to fund it?