1. Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.
2. As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
3. It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
4. Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
5. Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
6. Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
7. The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
8. The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.
9. Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
10. Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
11. By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
12. The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.