He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.
There is also an evil report; light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.
But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.
Do not put all your goods in hollow ships.
He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.