1. It is a luxurious thing, wine, and inebriation is tumultuous. Anyone who is delighted by this will not be wise
  2. Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul
  3. Honor is for the man who separates himself from contentions. But all the foolish meddle in altercations
  4. Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him
  5. Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep waters. But a wise man will draw it out
  6. Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man
  7. The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons
  8. The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze
  9. Who is able to say: “My heart is clean. I am pure from sin?
  10. Diverse weights, diverse measures: both are abominable with God
  11. A child may be understood by his interests: whether his works may be clean and upright
  12. The hearing ear and the seeing eye: the Lord has made them both
  13. Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread
  14. “It is bad, it is bad,” says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast
  15. There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel
  16. Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders
  17. The bread of lies is sweet to a man. But afterwards, his mouth will be filled with pebbles
  18. Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments
  19. Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips
  20. Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness
  21. When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing
  22. Do not say, “I will repay evil.” Wait for the Lord, and he will free you
  23. Diverse weights are an abomination with the Lord. A deceitful balance is not good
  24. The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way
  25. It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them
  26. A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them
  27. The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self
  28. Mercy and truth guard the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency
  29. The joy of youths is their strength. And the dignity of old men is their grey hairs
  30. The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self