Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.
Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.
Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.
He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.