13. Don't love sleep, or you will become poor. Stay awake, and you will have more food than you need.
14. "It's no good. It's no good!" says a buyer. Then off he goes and brags about what he bought.
15. There is gold. There are plenty of rubies. But lips that speak knowledge are a priceless jewel.
16. Take the coat of one who puts up money for what a stranger owes. Hold it until you get paid back if he does it for a woman who commits adultery.
17. Food gained by cheating tastes sweet to a man. But he will end up with a mouth full of sand.