1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
2. The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.
3. It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: but every fool will be quarrelling.
4. The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5. Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6. Most men wilt proclaim every one his own kindness: but a faithful man who can find?