Love those who love you, help those you help you, and give to those who give to you.

An evil plan does mischief to the planner.

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.

When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

The best man of all is he who knows everything himself. Good also the man who accepts another's sound advice; but the man who neither knows himself nor takes to hear what another says, he is no good at all.

You trust a thief when you trust a woman.