4. The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.
5. Better to hear a rebuke from the wise than to listen to the song of fools.
6. For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is vapor.
7. For extortion drives a wise man crazy, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8. Better the end of a matter than its beginning. Better a patient spirit than a proud one.
9. Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the bosom of fools.
10. Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
11. Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and even better for those who see the sun.
12. For wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: wisdom preserves the life of the one who possesses it.