13. Then, too, heed your own heart’s counsel;for there is nothing you can depend on more.
14. The heart can reveal your situationbetter than seven sentinels on a tower.
15. Then with all this, pray to Godto make your steps firm in the true path.
16. A word is the source of every deed;a thought, of every act.
17. The root of all conduct is the heart;
18. four branches it shoots forth:Good and evil, death and life,and their absolute mistress is the tongue.
19. One may be wise and benefit many,yet appear foolish to himself.
20. One may be wise, but if his words are rejected,he will be deprived of all enjoyment.
22. When one is wise to his own advantage,the fruits of knowledge are seen in his own person.