Do not seek dishonest gains: dishonest gains are losses.
In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.
The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon.
A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.
Peace is a nursing mother to the land.
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning.