Invite your friend to dinner; have nothing to do with your enemy.
Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.
There is also an evil report; light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.
Timeliness is best in all matters.
He's only harming himself who's bent upon harming another
Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to do it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.