One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.
The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.