Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you.
In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray.
When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.
Love those who love you, help those you help you, and give to those who give to you.
Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus
In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer.