For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children.
If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.
It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.
Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.
True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.
If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.