Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
Love those who love you, help those you help you, and give to those who give to you.
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you.
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.
They are fools who do not know how much the half exceeds the whole.