The evil man is to be feared and shunned.
It is impossible to correct the wicked man; he may change outwardly, but not in behavior.
The real treasure of the people - labor power.
The true friend shows itself when you need it.
Every man with his work and every work in its time.
When misfortune befalls you, look around: there are people whose fate is even worse than yours.
He who boasts to those who know him is rightly laughed at.
Gentleness almost always achieves more than brute force.
Wise men do not know how to speak to kings: to kings you must speak either as little as possible or as pleasantly as possible.
Haughty and stubborn, he behaves as he wants, does not listen to anyone's advice and quickly becomes a victim of his own errors.
It's not summer all year round.
Do not befriend those who prefer new friends to old ones. Know: as they deceived us because of the new ones, so they will deceive the new ones.
You should not seek anything that is not given to you by nature.
Don't be ashamed to learn at an advanced age: better to learn late than never.
A ruler asked Aesop why the rich do not go to the wise, but the other way around. Aesop answered him "because the wise know what they need in life, and the rich do not - otherwise they would not have cared about the accumulation of wealth, but the accumulation of wisdom."
Unrelenting ambition darkens the mind of man and he no longer sees the dangers that threaten him.
You either don't approach kings at all, or you just tell them what they like.
Three calamities exist: fire, woman and sea.
A flower does not make spring.
It is sad and bitter for people when everyone starts asking for what is due to them.
The relationship with the state must be like with fire: neither too close, so as not to burn, nor too far, so as not to freeze.
Be good to the wife so that she does not want to meet another man.
The worst of passions is covetousness, because it makes a man reckless by forcing him to lay aside certain things and rush after uncertain things.
Don't look at how I look, look at how I think. Not always the slut is stupid.
Strive to be wise, and not rich, for wealth may be lost, but prudence will always be with you.
Strive to add beautiful qualities that last.
Passions are harmful because they blind a man.
Fear makes a man fall from the lake into the well.
Fate is fickle and often changes for the worse.
Those you rely on can die, and those you avoid can save you.