Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.
Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.
Never make a companion equal to a brother.
If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.
Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.
Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
It will not always be summer; build barns.
For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.
Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.
He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.
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.
For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.
Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.
A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.
Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.
