Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

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.]

To gain riches is wise; to pay for riches with happiness is foolish.

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

A soft answer breaks the rage, a tough answer encourage the fury.