1. Wine makes you mean, beer makes you quarrelsome—a staggering drunk is not much fun.
2. Quick-tempered leaders are like mad dogs—cross them and they bite your head off.
3. It’s a mark of good character to avert quarrels,but fools love to pick fights.
4. A farmer too lazy to plant in the springhas nothing to harvest in the fall.
5. Knowing what is right is like deep water in the heart;a wise person draws from the well within.
6. Lots of people claim to be loyal and loving,but where on earth can you find one?
7. God-loyal people, living honest lives,make it much easier for their children.
8-9. Leaders who know their business and carekeep a sharp eye out for the shoddy and cheap,For who among us can be trustedto be always diligent and honest?
10. Switching price tags and padding the expense accountare two things God hates.
11. Young people eventually reveal by their actionsif their motives are on the up and up.
12. Ears that hear and eyes that see—we get our basic equipment from God!
13. Don’t be too fond of sleep; you’ll end up in the poorhouse.Wake up and get up; then there’ll be food on the table.
14. The shopper says, “That’s junk—I’ll take it off your hands,”then goes off boasting of the bargain.
15. Drinking from the beautiful chalice of knowledgeis better than adorning oneself with gold and rare gems.
16. Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger;beware of accepting what a transient has pawned.
17. Stolen bread tastes sweet,but soon your mouth is full of gravel.