6. Many seek a ruler’s favor, and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.
7. All the brothers of a poor man hate him; how much more do his friendskeep their distance from him!He may pursue them with words, but they are not there.
8. The one who acquires good sense loves himself;one who safeguards understanding finds success.
9. A false witness will not go unpunished,and one who utters lies perishes.
10. Luxury is not appropriate for a fool —how much less for a slave to rule over princes!
11. A person’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
12. A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13. A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.