It will not always be summer: build barns.

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.

Timeliness is best in all matters.

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

Men must sweat to attain virtue.

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.

When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.