Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage.
When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.
Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong.
The man who procrastinates struggles with ruin.
Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.
Do not put all your goods in hollow ships.