Labor is no disgrace.

Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.

Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.

Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer.

And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.

The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven.

How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.