No day is wholly unproductive of good.

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

Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find.

In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer.

Do not put all your goods in hollow ships.

Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to do it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.