12. Answer only if you know what to say, and if you don't know what to say, keep quiet.
13. Speaking can bring you either honour or disgrace; what you say can ruin you.
14. Don't get a reputation for being a gossip, and don't tell tales that will hurt people. Just as thieves will suffer disgrace, so liars will suffer severe condemnation.
15. Do nothing destructive, whether it seems insignificant or not,