Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor.

Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?

Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.

Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

if he should live a thousand years twice, yet does not enjoy his prosperity. For both of them die!

It is best to take hold of one warning without letting go of the other warning; for the one who fears God will follow both warnings.

During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed – whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.