Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.