1. Do not boast about tomorrow;for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2. Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;someone else, and not your own lips.
3. A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.
4. Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming,but who can stand before jealousy?
5. Better is open rebukethan hidden love.
6. Faithful are the wounds of a friend,but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
7. The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey,but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.
8. Like a bird that wanders from its nest,so is a person who wanders from his home.
9. Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice,likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.
10. Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster;a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.
11. Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.
12. A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself,but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.
13. Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger,and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge.
14. If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,it will be counted as a curse to him.