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.

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I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on...

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on...

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel...

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel...

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when...

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when...

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and...

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and...

A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great...

A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great...

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving...

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving...

If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that...

If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that...

Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.

Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.

Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived...

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived...

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous...

Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous...

If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often,...

If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often,...

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes...

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes...

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is...

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is...

Much strength goes to everyone else that has anxiety. It's a hard disorder to deal...

Much strength goes to everyone else that has anxiety. It's a hard disorder to deal...

Autism is an extremely variable disorder.

Autism is an extremely variable disorder.