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

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.
Hesiod

If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.
Hesiod

Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.
Hesiod

It will not always be summer; build barns.
Hesiod

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
Hesiod

Never make a companion equal to a brother.
Hesiod

How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.
Hesiod