Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.
He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.