1. Better is a dry crust, and quietness therewith, than a bais full of zevakhim (sacrificial religious meals) with strife.
2. An eved maskil (wise servant) shall have rule over a ben that causeth shame, and shall have a share of the nachalah among the achim.
3. The crucible is for kesef, and the furnace for zahav, but Hashem is the testor of hearts.
4. An evildoer giveth heed to false sfatayim (lips), and a sheker (liar) giveth ear to a spiteful lashon.
5. He who mocketh the poor showeth contempt for his Oseh (Maker), and he that gloats at calamities shall not go unpunished.
6. Bnei banim are the ateret of zekenim; and the tiferet of banim are their avot.
7. Eloquent speech becometh not a naval (fool), much less do lying sfatayim (lips) a ruler.
8. A shochad (gift, bribe) is like a charm in the eynayim of him that hath it: wherever he turneth, he prospereth.
9. He that covereth a peysha (transgression) seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth the best of friends.
10. Ge'arah (scolding) goeth deeper into a meiven than a hundred blows into a kesil (fool).
11. A rah seeketh only rebellion; therefore a merciless malach shall be sent to him.
12. Let an ish meet a dov robbed of her cubs rather than a kesil in his folly.
13. He who rewardeth ra'ah for tovah, ra'ah shall not depart from his bais.