"Teach him what has been said in the past; then he will set a good example to the children of the magistrates, and jud…"

"Do not be arrogant because of your knowledge, but confer with the ignorant man as with the learned. For knowledge has…"

"Truth is great and its effectiveness endures."

"Follow your desire as long as you live and do not perform more than is ordered; do not lessen the time of following d…"

"The pleasure is only for a little moment, and it [passes] like a dream, and a man at the end thereof finds death thro…"

"Beware an act of avarice; it is bad and incurable disease."

"If you are well-to-do and can maintain your household, love your wife in your home according to good custom...Make he…"

"Do not repeat slander; you should not hear it, for it is the result of hot temper."

"One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a hou…"

"Be cheerful while you are alive."