3. It is a disgrace to a father to have an undisciplined child, especially if it is a daughter.
4. A sensible daughter will get a husband, but a shameless daughter brings her father grief.
5. A girl with no sense of propriety will disgrace both her husband and her father; neither will have any respect for her.
6. Lecturing your children can sometimes be as out of place as singing to people in mourning, but a whipping is a wise choice of discipline at any time.
7. Trying to teach a fool is like gluing a broken pot together again, like waking someone out of a deep sleep.
8. Explaining something to a fool is like explaining it to a sleepy person; when you have finished, he'll say, “What was that again?”
21-22. Even if you have a violent argument with a friend, and speak sharply, all is not lost. You can still make it up with him. But any friend will leave you if you insult him, if you are arrogant, if you reveal his secrets, or if you turn on him unexpectedly.
23. Gain the confidence of your neighbour if he is poor; then you can share his happiness if he becomes successful. Stand by him when he is in trouble if you want to share with him when better times come his way.
24. Fumes and smoke appear before the flames do; insults come before violence.
25. I will never be afraid to protect a friend, and I will never turn a friend away if he needs me.
26. If I suffer because of him, everyone who learns of it will be on guard against him.
27. I wish that a guard could be placed at my mouth, that my lips could be wisely sealed. It would keep me from making mistakes and prevent me from destroying myself with my own tongue!