1. My son, pay close attentionand don't forgetwhat I tell you to do.
2. Obey me, and you will live!Let my instructions beyour greatest treasure.
3. Keep them at your fingertipsand write themin your mind.
4. Let wisdom be your sisterand make common senseyour closest friend.
5. They will protect youfrom the flattering wordsof someone else's wife.
6. From the window of my house,I once happened to see
7. some foolish young men.
8. It was late in the evening,some time after dark.
9. One of these young menturned the cornerand was walking by the houseof an unfaithful wife.
10. She was dressed uplike a woman of the streetwith only one thing in mind.