In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.

He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.

Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you.

Money is life to us wretched mortals.

The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon.

The best man of all is he who knows everything himself. Good also the man who accepts another's sound advice; but the man who neither knows himself nor takes to hear what another says, he is no good at all.

In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer.