14. You might as well curse your friends as wake them up early in the morning with a loud greeting.
15. A nagging wife is like water going drip-drip-drip on a rainy day.
16. How can you keep her quiet? Have you ever tried to stop the wind or ever tried to hold a handful of oil?
17. People learn from one another, just as iron sharpens iron.
18. Take care of a fig tree and you will have figs to eat. Servants who take care of their master will be honoured.
19. It is your own face that you see reflected in the water and it is your own self that you see in your heart.
20. Human desires are like the world of the dead — there is always room for more.
21. Fire tests gold and silver; a person's reputation can also be tested.
22. Even if you beat fools until they're half dead, you still can't beat their foolishness out of them.