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.

It will not always be summer: build barns.

Do not get a name as overly lavish or too inhospitable.

Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.

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

Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to do it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.

The fool learns by suffering.