In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.
He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger.
It will not always be summer: build barns.
But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.
Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend.