Nuggets of Wisdom

Don’t withhold good from someone who deserves it, when it is in your power to do so

Do not send a lazy person with a message. He will bring you pain, like the taste of bitter wine, or like smoke in your eyes.

Watch your words and be careful what you say, and you’ll be surprised by how few troubles you’ll have.

Whoever goes hunting for what is right and kind finds life itself—glorious life!

Don’t boast in the presence of a king or promote yourself by taking a seat at the head table and pretending that you’re someone important.

Without guidance from God, law and order disappear, but God blesses everyone who obeys his Law.

Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.

When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily; but with honest, sensible leaders there is stability