When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.
As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries men.
Learn how to regulate one's own house well.
Do not make too much haste on one's road.
Prefer punishment to disgraceful gain; for the one is painful but once, but the other for one's whole life.
If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, never forget it.