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"One should publicize only actions which have yielded success. You should never divulge what plan of action is churning in your mind, because there will always be someone watching to thwart your progress, and hence an incomplete action plan seen by others will never reach its proper and successful culmination."

In statecraft and in life management, strict reticence should be the watchword. This is more important in real life situations. Every youngster writing a competitive examination is determined to get high ranks. But during preparation for the test, or before knowing the result, he would never divulge how he has performed. After the results come and he has come out with flying colors, it is gala time and he can reel out any yarns about how hardworking he was, how many hours he toiled etc. But if he just tells everyone that he has done very well and in a few days he is going to don the attire of a collector or a policeman, the first reaction of others in the open will be a smirk. Their jealousy will be triggered if he appears good enough. Either of them is not a good situation. In various law enforcing operations, and espionage, the capacity to keep the mouth and mind shut is the primary quality expected of the participant. Life is like that. The winner takes all and the loser gets only ridicule. So why invite ridicule?
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"One should choose in habit a terrain which is free from major hazards to peaceful inhabitation." To supplement the idea, a couplet is also provided. A person should never choose as permanent residence a place where these five are not present (1) Rich people (2) Learned people (3) a King (4) a fast flowing river and (5) a doctor.

A terrain will be inhabited by rich people only if the living conditions are comfortable and there is further scope for investment. And for the poor inhabitant, the rich persons can provide job opportunities, and at the worst, loans for an emergency even if the interest rate may surpass Shylock. Learned persons are necessary so that there can be schools, law, enlightenment, fine arts.. Moreover all require somebody whom they can freely ridicule. There should be a local administration to ensure law and order. For any living being to survive and have a healthy living, a flowing river as source of water is the minimum guarantee. Moreover such rivers can be source for navigation and even unobtrusive flight when things are not all well. And last but least there should be a doctor. If he is good enough he can treat you and restore you to good health. If he is so inclined he can also pack you up to eternity.
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"An evil-minded boss drives a servant to perform the most impossible tasks, and irrespective of whether he achieves the target or not, never cares to give the servant any credit for the hard work but takes sadist pleasure in insulting him."

This is a historical tradition handed over by every selfish boss from generation to generation of his successors. The person down below in hierarchy acquires this evil tendency as he climbs up the managerial ladder. Mutual distrust between an efficient subordinate and not so efficient boss is monumental. The boss has always a gut feeling that the man below is going to stage a coup d'etat which may cost the boss his job. Hence the boss is always mean enough to bleed the best out of the subordinate and then condemn his to the dustbin. But this will not work to the favor of the boss.. His bluff will be called at any moment. Feeling of insecurity and lack of self-confidence is germane in some persons.. such persons see danger signals in anything performed well around  them, if such performance is not justly or unjustly credited to their account. Many cranky persons who deserve to be confined to lunatic asylums are, by some quirk of fate, placed in positions of great authority. Human society commits such mistake repeatedly. They never learn from the bitter experiences of the past.
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"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are victimized first."

"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."

"The biggest Guru-Mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you."

"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no Friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."

"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful.
Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."

"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."

"Once you start working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."

"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.."

"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."

"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends."

"Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person."

"Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth."

"There is no disease so destructive as lust. There is no disease so destructive as lust. Chaanakya described lust as the biggest barrier in a man's growth. Lusty individual would never be able to concentrate of other requisites of life. However, However Chaanakya was not against sex."

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