Kural 31 · சிறப்புஈனும் செல்வமும் ஈனும் அறத்தினூஉங்கு
Virtue gives distinction and it also gives wealth. What gain can there be for a living being that is greater than virtue?
திருக்குறள் / Thirukkural
Kural 32 · அறத்தினூஉங்கு ஆக்கமும் இல்லை அதனை
There is no gain greater than virtue, and there is no greater ruin than forgetting it.
Kural 33 · ஒல்லும் வகையான் அறவினை ஓவாதே
In whatever way you are able, without pause, wherever you go and at every opening, do acts of virtue.
Kural 34 · மனத்துக்கண் மாசிலன் ஆதல் அனைத்தறன்
To be free of stain in the mind is the whole of virtue; the rest is of the nature of mere outward show and noise.
Kural 35 · அழுக்காறு அவாவெகுளி இன்னாச்சொல் நான்கும்
Virtue is conduct that does not slip through these four faults: envy, greed, anger and harsh words.
Kural 36 · அன்றறிவாம் என்னாது அறஞ்செய்க மற்றது
Do not say, 'We shall do virtue some day.' Do it now; it is the companion that does not perish even when you perish.
Kural 37 · அறத்தாறு இதுவென வேண்டா சிவிகை
One need not explain 'this is the way of virtue and this is its result'; the difference between the man who bears the palanquin and the man who rides in it shows it.
Kural 38 · வீழ்நாள் படாஅமை நன்றாற்றின் அஃதொருவன்
If one does good without letting a single day go to waste, that good becomes the stone that blocks the path of the end of his life, the road to future suffering.
Kural 39 · அறத்தான் வருவதே இன்பம் மற்றெல்லாம்
Only the happiness that comes through virtue is true happiness; all else lies outside it and brings no renown.
Kural 40 · செயற்பால தோரும் அறனே ஒருவற்கு
What a person ought to do is virtue alone; what he ought to escape from is blame alone.