Hesiod

“But he who trusts in women, trusts in thieves.”

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

“He who adds to what he has, will keep off bright-eyed hunger.”

“Do not let any woman deceive you with her tricky words and her fancy backside; she is after your barn.”

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

“Do not get a name for being either a friend to all, or a friend to none.”

“For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and nothing more terrible than a bad one.”

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

“Fools, they do not even know how much more is the half than the whole.”

“The best treasure is a sparing tongue.”

“If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be great.”

“Justice is a maiden, a daughter of Zeus.”

“Envy, foul-mouthed, delighting in evil, with a scowling face, accompanies all wretched mortals.”

“First of all, get a house, and a woman, and an ox for the plough.”

“Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth, and it lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.”

“Observe due measure; moderation is best in all things.”