Nuggets of Wisdom

17 Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.

16 If you find honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.

15 With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.

14 Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.

13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.

12 Like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.

11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.

A quiet rebuke to a person of good sense does more than a whack on the head of a fool.