Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays to hear another's wisdom is a useless man.

The fool knows after he has suffered.

The man who procrastinates is always struggling with misfortunes.

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

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

Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.

Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.