"Suretyship, and then destruction."

"To threaten no one; for that is a womanly trick."

"To be more prompt to go to one’s friends in adversity than in prosperity."

"To make but a moderate display at one’s marriage."

"Not to speak evil of the dead."

"To honor old age."

"To keep a watch upon oneself."

"To prefer punishment to disgraceful gain; for the one is painful but once, but the other for one’s whole life."

"Not to laugh at a person in misfortune."

"Seek no excess —all timely things are good."