Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.

Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.

He for himself weaves woe who weaves for others woe, and evil counsel on the counselor recoils.