Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.
Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.
One who is to be pardoned should not be harassed.
Your feelings are your god.
Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.