Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

Do not put all your goods in hollow ships.

Do not get a name as overly lavish or too inhospitable.

Do not seek dishonest gains: dishonest gains are losses.

Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to do it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.

The fool knows after he has suffered.

...Perses, hear me out on justice, and take what I have to say to heart; cease thinking of violence. For the son of Kronos, Zeus, has ordained this law to men: that fishes and wild beasts and winged birds should devour one another, since there is no justice in them; but to mankind he gave justice which proves for the best.