In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.
Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray.
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.