Potter is piqued with potter, joiner with joiner, beggar begrudges beggar, and singer singer..

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame..

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

Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts off his work: industry make….

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage..

Let it please thee to keep in order a moderate-sized farm, that so thy garners may be full of fruits in their season..

It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right..

The man who procrastinates is always struggling with misfortunes..

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech..

Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.

They are fools who do not know how much the half exceeds the whole..

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 n….

Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy..

Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses..

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus..

In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it..

The fool learns by suffering..

The fool knows after he has suffered..

Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin..

In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray..

Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you..