Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.
Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.
But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.
Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster
Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.
An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves.