Best is the man who thinks for himself.
Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you.
In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
The potter is at enmity with the potter.
In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray.
Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty; it's a poor savingwhen you come to the dregs.