Peace is a nursing mother to the land.

Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.

He for himself weaves woe who weaves for others woe, and evil counsel on the counselor recoils.

Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after.

Labor is no disgrace.

A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it

Do not seek dishonest gains: dishonest gains are losses.