'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

For length of days and years of life [worth living]
And tranquility and prosperity [the wholeness of life’s blessings] they will add to you.

For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

Come, let us take our pleasure in love till the morning, having joy in love's delights.

Till an arrow strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.

A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.