One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

One rebuking a scorner gets shame to himself; and one rebuking a wicked one gets himself a blemish.

There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.

The one who guards his mouth preserves his life;
The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

The one who despises the word will be in debt to it,
But the one who fears the commandment will be rewarded.

And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea,
Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.

Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another.