9. Do not let anger upset your spirit,for anger lodges in the bosom of a fool.
10. Do not say: How is it that former times were better than these? For it is not out of wisdom that you ask about this.
11. Wisdom is as good as an inheritanceand profitable to those who see the sun.
12. For the protection of wisdom is as the protection of money; and knowledge is profitable because wisdom gives life to those who possess it.
13. Consider the work of God. Who can make straight what God has made crooked?
14. On a good day enjoy good things, and on an evil day consider: Both the one and the other God has made, so that no one may find the least fault with him.
15. I have seen all manner of things in my vain days: the just perishing in their justice, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.
16. “Be not just to excess, and be not overwise. Why work your own ruin?