Men must sweat to attain virtue.
At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.
The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.
Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.
The fool knows after he has suffered.
It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.