May my thoughts, now small and narrow, expand in the next existence, that I may understand the precepts ... thoroughly, and never break them or be guilty of trespasses.—Inscription in Temple of Nakhon Vat.
Religion he looks upon as his best ornament.—Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
The sinner is never beautiful.—Lalita Vistara.
Use no perfume but sweetness of thoughts.—Siamese Buddhist Maxim.
Wealth and beauty, scented flowers and ornaments like these, are not to be compared for grace with moral rectitude!—Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king.
He who ... cannot feel joy to see merit in others is stained with the darkness of sin.—Story of Pratiharyya.
Ask not of (a person's) descent, but ask about his conduct—Sundarikabharadvaja-sutta.
The young man Vasettha said: "When one is virtuous and full of (good) works, in this way he becomes a Brahman."—Vasettha-sutta.
Not by birth does one become low caste, not by birth a Brahman; by his deeds he becomes low caste, by his deeds he becomes a Brahman.—Vasala-sutta.
Whosoever strikes, or by words annoys, mother or father, brother or sister, ... let us know such as a "base-born."—Vasala-sutta.