I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.

No day is wholly unproductive of good.

Do not put all your goods in hollow ships.

Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster

He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.

The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon.

In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.