1. Don’t brag about what will happen tomorrow.You don’t really know what will happen then.
2. Don’t praise yourself. Let someone else do it.Let the praise come from a stranger and not from your own mouth.
3. Stone is heavy, and sand is hard to carry.But the complaining of a foolish person causes more trouble than either.
4. Anger is cruel. It destroys like a flood.But who can put up with jealousy!
5. It is better to correct someone openlythan to love him and not show it.
6. The slap of a friend can be trusted to help you.But the kisses of an enemy are nothing but lies.
7. When someone is full, not even honey tastes good.But when he is hungry, even something bitter tastes sweet.
8. A man who leaves his homeis like a bird that leaves its nest.
9. Perfume and oils make you happy.And good advice from a friend is sweet.
10. Don’t forget your friend or your father’s friend.Don’t always go to your brother for help when trouble comes.A neighbor close by is better than a brother far away.
11. Be wise, my child, and you will make me happy.Then I can respond to any insult.
12. When a wise person sees danger ahead, he avoids it.But a foolish person keeps going and gets into trouble.
13. Take the coat of someone who promises to pay what a stranger owes.Keep it until he pays the stranger’s bills.
14. Don’t greet your neighbor loudly early in the morning.He will think of it as a curse.
15. A quarreling wife is as bothersomeas a continual dripping on a rainy day.