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.

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Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not...

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not...

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

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

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.

Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

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...

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...

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.

When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.

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

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

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...

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly...

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly...

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

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...

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does...

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does...

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

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

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier...

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier...