First of all, master your language. Make an effort to survey the things in your vicinity, then, before falling asleep, ask yourself, "What have I done?"
Before you start speaking, give your thought time to ripen.
Nature is unitary and nothing compares to her: mother and daughter themselves, she is Deity to the gods. Research only Nature and leave the rest to common people.
The harbor serves as a refuge for the ship, and friendship for life.
When you wake up in the morning, ask yourself: "What must I do?". In the evening, listen and keep silence; that's how you become wise, because the beginning of wisdom is silence.
When adversity knocks at your door, open it with joy and don't wait for it to knock again: resistance hardens it, submission disarms it.
The dog is the image of the friend.
Conscience be your only god.
Try to become wise first, and learned only when you have free time.
The form beautifies the statue, and the man - his deeds.
Punish your children severely if they kill an insect: this is how the killing of people begins.
Find a faithful friend; with him, you can do without gods. Choose a friend; you cannot be happy alone: happiness depends on two.
Don't turn your body into a tomb for your soul.
If you are drunk, do not engage in the holy work of children.
Good and beautiful people do not live on earth to rest and enjoy themselves, but to help those close to them.
Man! Don't do to animals what you wouldn't want them to do to you.
Man dies from drunkenness of wine; he loses his mind from love-drunkenness.
Whatever one thinks of you, do what you think is right.
Be equally indifferent to blame and praise.
A joke, like salt, should be used in moderation.
Wine, if not drunk in moderation, makes both the wise and the foolish equally reckless.
When the merry cup beckons you, chosen words to speak.
There are impossible things. Never think about them. Everything you can't do, you'll never be able to do.
I leave you a legacy: do not be overzealous, in everything choose measure. The same will be your success, as after much effort.
Save your soul from quarrels and vexations.
Even the lion does not always succeed in eating meat. No matter how strong he is, he too is overtaken by need.
I hate the nagging wife and the insatiable husband.
It is not good for the young wife to belong to an old husband, because, like the entrails tied to the ship, she cannot adapt herself to the motions of the stern, and has no anchor under her, and breaking her bonds, often in the night, finds another port .
Analyze the thoughts that run through your head two or three times.
Gluttony gives rise to insolence, especially when happiness overtakes the foolish man, and he lacks a sound mind.