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.

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

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.

A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it

When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.

It will not always be summer: build barns.

For now indeed is the race of iron; and men never cease from labour and sorrow by day and from perishing by night.