1. Better is a dry morsel with quietthan a house full of feasting with strife.
2. A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefullyand will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
3. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts.
4. An evildoer listens to wicked lips,and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
5. Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker;he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
6. Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,and the glory of children is their fathers.
7. Fine speech is not becoming to a fool;still less is false speech to a prince.
8. A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;wherever he turns he prospers.
9. Whoever covers an offense seeks love,but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
10. A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understandingthan a hundred blows into a fool.
11. An evil man seeks only rebellion,and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12. Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.