All beings tremble before danger, all fear death. When a man considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill/All beings fear before danger, life is dear to all. When a man considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill.

How can there be laughter, how can there be pleasure, when the whole world is burning? When you are in deep darkness, will you not ask for a lamp?

He who destroys life, who utters lies, who takes what is not given to him, who goes to the wife of another, who gets drunk with strong drinks - he digs up the very roots of his life. Know this therefore: that lack of self-control meanings wrongdoing. Watch that greediness and vice bring thee not unto long suffering.

If on the journey of life a man can find a wise and intelligent friend who is good and self-controlled, let him go with that traveller; and in joy and recollection let them overcome the dangers of the journey. But if on the journey of life a man cannot find a wise and intelligent friend who is good and self-controlled, let him then travel alone...

Have not for friends those whose soul is ugly; go not with men who have an evil soul. Have for friends those whose souls is beautiful; go with men whose soul is good.