3. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better and gains gladness. [II Cor. 7:10.]
4. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth and sensual joy.
5. It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.
6. For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!
7. Surely oppression and extortion make a wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding and judgment.
8. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.