1. Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
2. Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;a stranger, and not your own lips.
3. A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4. Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,but who can stand before jealousy?
5. Better is open rebukethan hidden love.
6. Faithful are the wounds of a friend;profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
7. One who is full loathes honey,but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
8. Like a bird that strays from its nestis a man who strays from his home.
9. Oil and perfume make the heart glad,and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.
10. Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearthan a brother who is far away.
11. Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,that I may answer him who reproaches me.