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.

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.

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

Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame.

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.

Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.