Easy come, easy go, but steady diligence pays off.
Ill-gotten gain gets you nowhere; an honest life is immortal.
Arrogant know-it-alls stir up discord, but wise men and women listen to each other’s counsel.
Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a sudden good break can turn life around.
A bonanza at the beginning is no guarantee of blessing at the end.
Make it to the top by lying and cheating; get paid with smoke and a promotion—to death!
Committed and persistent work pays off; get-rich-quick schemes are ripoffs.
A miser in a hurry to get rich doesn’t know that he’ll end up broke.
Get as rich as you want through cheating and extortion, But eventually some friend of the poor is going to give it all back to them.
Like a cowbird that cheats by laying its eggs in another bird’s nest Is the person who gets rich by cheating. When the eggs hatch, the deceit is exposed. What a fool he’ll look like then! * * *
