All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor;'so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.

Send out your bread on the water, for in many days you will find it.

Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole;