¹Don’t brag about tomorrow,since you don’t know what the day will bring.
²Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth—a stranger, not your own lips.
³A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.
⁴Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,but jealousy is even more dangerous.
⁵An open rebukeis better than hidden love!
⁶Wounds from a sincere friendare better than many kisses from an enemy.
⁷A person who is full refuses honey,but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.
⁸A person who strays from homeis like a bird that strays from its nest.