The half is greater than the whole.

Evil can be got very easily and exists in quantity: the road to her is very smooth, and she lives near by. But between us and virtue the gods have placed the sweat of our brows; the road to her is long and steep, and it is rough at first; but when a man has reached the top, then she is easy to attain, although before she was hard.

He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger.

Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after.

The fool learns by suffering.

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

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.