The house which opens not to the poor will open to the physician. The birds of the air despise a miser. Hospitality is an expression of Divine worship. Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet.
Do not place a blemish on thine own flesh. Attend no auctions if thou hast no money. Rather skin a carcass for pay, in the public streets, than lie idly dependent on charity. Deal with those who are fortunate.
What is intended for thy neighbor will never be thine. The weakness of thy walls invites the burglar. The place honors not the man, 'tis the man who gives honor to the place. The humblest man is ruler in his own house.
If the fox is king bow before him. If a word spoken in its time is worth one piece of money, silence in its time is worth two. Tobias committed the sins and his neighbor received the punishment.