23. Do not say: “What do I need?What further benefits can be mine?”
24. Do not say: “I am self-sufficient.What harm can come to me now?”
25. The day of prosperity makes one forget adversity;the day of adversity makes one forget prosperity.
26. For it is easy for the Lord on the day of deathto repay mortals according to their conduct.
27. A time of affliction brings forgetfulness of past delights;at the end of life one’s deeds are revealed.
28. Call none happy before death,for how they end, they are known.