குறள் 600 · Energy 10/10

உரமொருவற்கு உள்ள வெறுக்கைஅஃ தில்லார்
மரம்மக்க ளாதலே வேறு.

Firmness of soul in man is real excellance;Others are trees, their human form a mere pretence

Energy is mental wealth; those men who are destitute of it are only trees in the form of men