An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves.
Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.
The half is greater than the whole.
It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst 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.