Who doesn't get up when it's time to get up; who is seized with laziness, though he be young and in strength; he whose firmness and thoughts are suffocated, he, careless and lazy, will not find the way to wisdom.
He who does not respond with anger to anger, saves two at once - both himself and the other.
He who answers neither exaggerated praise nor accusation, he who does not answer blow for blow, who does not wish harm to him who has offended him, he is envied by the gods.
He who turns his face even from one who shows his fidelity, or who will be grieved at his condition in relation to him who rejected him, or who forgets old good deeds, he, regardless of his appearance, arouses suspicion .
He who first was lonely, then became serious, he lights up this world like the moon escaped from under the clouds.
He who lays nets, himself falls into them; he who digs a pit falls alone into it, he who sharpens the sword will die by the sword.
He who kills will be killed. Whoever orders the killing, will also be killed on the order.
It is easy to see the sins of others, but it is very difficult to see your own. For the sins of others are spread like a shell, while their own are, on the contrary, hidden, as a clever cheater hides the losing dice.
The cure for unhappiness is not to think about it. When you think about unhappiness, it doesn't go away, it grows.
Hardened by privations, the hearts of the common people do not yield so easily to sufferings as the delicate hearts of the nobles, who have not faced sufferings, and upon whom misfortune has chanced to fall.
Only the learned see the fatigue of the learned; the barren woman will not know the pangs of childbirth.
The lie feeds on the truth, it thrives on it, but its life is short.
Better to be at enmity with a clever one, than to be friends with a stupid one.
It is best to get money through your own work; bad when you get them by inheritance, worse from brother and worst from wife.
Better one moment lived according to the law, than a million years of lawless life
Better to perform one's own duty poorly than to perform another's duty well. He who follows the path of his own nature does not sin.
Better to receive a thousand blows from a wise man, than to allow a fool to pour aromatic oils on your head.
Love people so that people will love you.
Love for a woman is sharper than the tusks with which wild elephants are adorned, more burning than fire; it is like an arrow that goes into a man's heart.
Love, firmness doubt, faith, distrust, weakness, shame, thoughtfulness, fear - all these make up reason
Mercy is the power of the virtuous man. Peace and work - here is the source of well-being.
You can catch a tiger in the thicket of the forest, a bird in the high sky, a fish in the swirling waters, but you cannot catch the fickle heart of the woman.
Silence is better than words.
Quackery is incompatible with justice. Because justice only triumphs when you measure everything with a fair measure.
The wise man said to his son: "Be sinless so that you will not be afraid. Be grateful to be worthy. Be wise to be rich. Be content and gentle, that you may have friends. Beware of the envious. Think about building your own house. Be kind to your friends and indulgent to everyone, so that you will not be put to shame. Don't argue with anyone, don't fight for a place. Do not serve the evil spirit and do not eat beef. Drink wine sparingly, and speak sparingly while tasting the wine. There is no sin in tasting in moderation. Watch alone and attentively to your own faults. Speak honestly. Don't sit at the same table as the drunk. Do not take from what your elders gathered, that you may have a share of honor. Beware of the enemy, if he is in power. Everywhere and always, be diligent. Nowhere and never do to anyone what you don't think is right. Consider the ignorant as the worst man, and consider him miserable. Do not be vengeful and envious, with your wife and children behave as nicely and benevolently as possible, Choose a shrewd wife and kind friend. Do not allow malice to make a nest in your heart. Do not be fickle, keep away from the harlot, lest all her sins come upon you. Be generous at your own expense, and not at the expense of the stranger, as the body is not eternal, and the soul is."
The wise man spends his time in poetry and the sciences, the fool in vices, sleep and quarrels.
The wise are temperate in the flesh; they are temperate and talkative; the wise are temperate in their thought; they are truly frugal in everything.
The wise know no sorrow.
The wise man does not weep for the lost, for the dead, and for the past. This is what distinguishes him from a fool.
We see time, although it is simultaneously in several places.