5. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.
6. The laughter of the fool is as the crackling of thorns under a pot, and this also (the laughter or prosperity of the fool) is vanity.
7. Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, and a gift destroys the heart.
8. Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and he who has suffered in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9. Do not be hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10. Never say, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
11. Knowledge is good with an inheritance and is the excellency of those that see the sun.
12. For knowledge is a defence, and money is a defence; but wisdom excels in that it gives life to those that have it.
13. Consider the work of God; for who can make straight that which he has twisted?