It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.
Peace is a nursing mother to the land.
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.
Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.
Love those who love you, help those you help you, and give to those who give to you.
The best man of all is he who knows everything himself. Good also the man who accepts another's sound advice; but the man who neither knows himself nor takes to hear what another says, he is no good at all.