Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.
Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.
He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.