Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.
Sorrow is better than laughter; for, by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better.
In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.
Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. [Therefore do not compare your lot with another's lest you see their advantages and lose the joy of what you already have.]
Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.