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.

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

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.

Men must sweat to attain virtue.

Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man.

Labor is no disgrace.

Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.