7. Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;how much worse are lies for a ruler.
8. A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner;wherever he turns, he succeeds.
9. Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.
10. A rebuke cuts into a perceptive personmore than a hundred lashes into a fool.
11. An evil man seeks only rebellion;a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
12. Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.