Poet

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner.

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

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

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.

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

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.

The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.

Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.

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

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

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

The fool knows after he's suffered.

It will not always be summer; build barns.

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

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

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.

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

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

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.