Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts off his work: industry makes work go well, but a man who puts off work is always at hand-grips with ruin.

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.

Keep adding little by little and it will become a big heap.

There is also an evil report; light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.

Love those who love you, help those you help you, and give to those who give to you.

Do not seek dishonest gains: dishonest gains are losses.

Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.