Do not seek dishonest gains: dishonest gains are losses.
He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts off his work: industry makes work go well, but a man who puts off work is always at hand-grips with ruin.
Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.
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.