That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.
Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man.
The man who procrastinates struggles with ruin.
Do not get a name as overly lavish or too inhospitable.
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.