1. Do not boast about tomorrow,for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2. Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;a stranger, and not your own lips.
3. A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
4. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous,but who is able to stand before envy?
5. Open rebuke is betterthan secret love.
6. Faithful are the wounds of a friend,but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7. The full soul loathes a honeycomb,but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8. As a bird that wanders from her nest,so is a man who wanders from his place.
9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart,so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10. Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,nor go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.
11. My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,that I may answer him who reproachesme.
12. A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself,but the simple pass on and are punished.