The Gods will bear witness to this just act." (p. 106) "Scorn the woman who has a bad reputation in your town, do not look at her as she passes. Do not try to sleep with her." (p. 108) "Marry a woman when you are young, and let her have children while you are young." (p. 112) "All will go well for the man whose household is numerous." (p. 112) "Distance yourself from the rebel, do not make a friend of him. Make friends with the just and righteous man whose actions you have observed." (p. 113) "Build your own home for yourself and do not assume that your parents house will come to you by right." (p. 113) "Do not eat bread without giving some to those near you who do not have anything to eat, since the bread is eternal while man does not last." (p. 123) "Do not sit down when there is a person standing who is older than you or whose rank is higher than yours." (p. 123) "You will know happiness if your life is lived within the limits set by the will of God." (p. 124) "Do not fill your heart with desire for the goods of others, but rather concern yourself with what you have built up yourself." (p. 132) "When death comes, it embraces the old like a child in the arms of its mother." (p. 152) "Do not lose yourself in the exterior world to the extent that you neglect the place of your eternal rest." (p. 153)