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.
Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.
Invite your friend to dinner; have nothing to do with your enemy.
It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.
In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.
He for himself weaves woe who weaves for others woe, and evil counsel on the counselor recoils.