At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.

Labor is no disgrace.

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.

Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you.