In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer.

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after.

The fool learns by suffering.