Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.

In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.

It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.

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.

An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves.

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.

Money is life to us wretched mortals.