Be not thou afraid of sudden dread, nor of the desolation of the lawless, when it cometh.

A gift, in the eyes of its owner, is, a stone of beauty, whithersoever it turneth, it bringeth prosperity.

And lo! there had come up all over it - thorns, there had covered the face thereof - thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down.

Like tying a stone to a sling, so, is he that giveth honour, to a dullard.

He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, shall fall, and, he that rolleth a stone, upon himself, shall it return.

Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, - but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both.