1. Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.
2. Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your 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 outrageous; but which is able to stand before jealousy?
5. Open rebuke is better than hidden 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. Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor 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 punished.