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

Quote by Hesiod

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Never make a companion equal to a brother.

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

It will not always be summer; build barns.

It will not always be summer; build barns.

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

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

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

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

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...

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

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 bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great...

A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great...

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

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

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

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his...

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his...

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger...

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger...

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

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

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.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

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...

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...

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

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

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil,...

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil,...

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is...

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is...