[1] To act without understanding requires faith in the words of the wise.
[2] Patience is sobriety in time of trouble.
[3] Harmlessness thwarts wickedness and the wicked.
[4] The righteous know The Truth and save their time.
The wicked know The Truth also, but waste theirs.
[5] The best deterrent for crime is The Truth.
[6] Never obey a coward.
[7] Disaster abates the wicked.
[8] The fruit of wickedness is trouble.
[9] Money is the seed of incompetence.
[10] The advice of wisdom is like cool water on a hot day.
The talk of the wicked is pure grief.
[11] One stupid person on any team will cost them the game.
[12] Like a foreign language is to one who cannot
speak it, read it or understand it;
is a proverb in the ear of fools.
[13] It is better to study hard, be humble in heart and get a "D-"
than to say: "I am too wise" and get straight "Fs.
[14] To swallow poison and say: "It tastes good" is
like boasting in public of a theft committed.
[15] They say: "He who flatters his neighbor lays a net for his feet"
but what happens to the one who flatters himself?
[16] A thief always thinks he is wiser than Justice.
[17] A rat never thinks cheese is bait.
[18] To steal in the ignorance of the victim, brings life to a thief;
but to steal in the light of understanding of the victim, brings death.
[19] Theft has a sister, her name is "ignorance".
[20] The lazy man has a brother, his name is "theft".
