The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks what is right.

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

Go not forth hastily to court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.

Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell?

What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?