17. Friends always show their love. What are relatives for if not to share trouble?
18. Only someone with no sense would promise to be responsible for someone else's debts.
19. To like sin is to like making trouble. If you brag all the time, you are asking for trouble.
20. Anyone who thinks and speaks evil can expect to find nothing good — only disaster.
21. There is nothing but sadness and sorrow for parents whose children do foolish things.
22. Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.
23. Corrupt judges accept secret bribes, and then justice is not done.
24. An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.