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

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.

Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus

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

If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.