8. A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;wherever he turns he prospers.
9. Whoever covers an offense seeks love,but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
10. A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understandingthan a hundred blows into a fool.
11. An evil man seeks only rebellion,and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12. Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.