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

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

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 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,...

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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...

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace

Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close...

Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close...

Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.

Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.

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...

How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.

How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.

For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.

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...

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.

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.