2. Better is a handful with quite than two handfuls with toil, and a chasing after wind. (4:6)
3. Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king, who will no longer take advice. (4:13)
4. A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of birth. (7:1)
5. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. (7:4)
6.It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. (7:5)
7.Do not be quick to anger for anger lodges in the bosom of fools. (7:9)
8.The heart of the wise inclines to the right but the heart of a fool to the left. (10:2)
9. Even when fools walk on the road, they lack sense, and show to everyone that they are fools. (10:3)
10. Banish anxiety form your mind and put away pain from your body: for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. (11:10)
