1. Boast not thyself of tomorrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2. Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3. A stone is heavy and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
4. Wrath is cruel, and anger is impetuous, but who is able to stand before envy?
5. Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6. Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7. The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8. As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
9. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10. Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father’s friend, neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity, for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11. My son, be wise and make my heart glad that I may answer him that reproaches me.
12. A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are hurt by it.