1. Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
2. Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
3. A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
4. Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
5. Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6. Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
7. A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
8. As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
9. Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
10. Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.
11. Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.
12. The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
13. Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.