27Don't brashly announce what you're going to do tomorrow; you don't know the first thing about tomorrow.H1984H4279H3045H3117H32052Don't call attention to yourself; let others do that for you.H2114H1984H6310H5237H81933Carrying a log across your shoulders while you're hefting a boulder with your arms Is nothing compared to the burden of putting up with a fool.H68H3514H2344H5192H191H3708H3515H81474We're blasted by anger and swamped by rage, but who can survive jealousy?H2534H395H639H7858H5975H6440H70685A spoken reprimand is better than approval that's never expressed.H1540H8433H2896H5641H1606The wounds from a lover are worth it; kisses from an enemy do you in.H539H6482H157H5390H8130H62807When you've stuffed yourself, you refuse dessert; when you're starved, you could eat a horse.H7649H5315H947H5317H7457H5315H4751H49668People who won't settle down, wandering hither and yon, are like restless birds, flitting to and fro.H6833H5074H7064H376H5074H47259Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight, a sweet friendship refreshes the soul.H8081H7004H8055H3820H4986H7453H5315H609810Don't leave your friends or your parents' friends and run home to your family when things get rough; Better a nearby friend than a distant family.H7453H1H7453H5800H935H251H1004H3117H343H2896H7934H7138H251H735011Become wise, dear child, and make me happy; then nothing the world throws my way will upset me.H1121H2449H3820H8055H7725H1697H277812A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks; a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered.H6175H7200H7451H5641H6612H5674H606413Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger; be wary of accepting what a transient has pawned.H3947H899H6148H2114H2254H523714If you wake your friend in the early morning by shouting "Rise and shine!" It will sound to him more like a curse than a blessing.H1288H7453H1419H6963H7925H1242H2803H704515A nagging spouse is like the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;H2956H1812H5464H3117H4079H4066H802H773716You can't turn it off, and you can't get away from it.H6845H6845H7307H8081H3225H7121
Your Face Mirrors Your Heart
17You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another.H1270H2300H1270H376H2300H6440H745318If you care for your orchard, you'll enjoy its fruit; if you honor your boss, you'll be honored.H5341H8384H398H6529H8104H113H351319Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart.H4325H6440H6440H3820H120H12020Hell has a voracious appetite, and lust just never quits.H7585H11H10H3808H7646H5869H120H764621The purity of silver and gold is tested by putting them in the fire; The purity of human hearts is tested by giving them a little fame.H4715H3701H3564H2091H376H6310H411022Pound on a fool all you like— you can't pound out foolishness.H3806H191H4388H8432H7383H5940H200H549323Know your sheep by name; carefully attend to your flocks;H3045H3045H6440H6629H7896H3820H573924(Don't take them for granted; possessions don't last forever, you know.)H2633H5769H5145H1755H175525And then, when the crops are in and the harvest is stored in the barns,H2682H1540H1877H7200H6212H2022H62226You can knit sweaters from lambs' wool, and sell your goats for a profit;H3532H3830H6260H4242H770427There will be plenty of milk and meat to last your family through the winter.H5795H2461H1767H3899H3899H1004H2416H5291