20. Intelligent children make their parents proud;lazy students embarrass their parents.
21. The empty-headed treat life as a plaything;the perceptive grasp its meaning and make a go of it.
22. Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail;take good counsel and watch them succeed.
23. Congenial conversation—what a pleasure!The right word at the right time—beautiful!
24. Life ascends to the heights for the thoughtful—it’s a clean about-face from descent into hell.