Counsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning.

A man with many friends can still be ruined, but a true friend sticks closer than a brother.

Discipline your son while there is still hope but don't set your heart on his destruction.

Though you crush a fool in a mortar and pestle as someone might crush grain, his stupidity still won't leave him.

The afterlife, the barren womb, earth that still demands water, and fire they never say, "Enough".

She rises while it is still night, preparing meals for her family and providing for her women servants.