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• Concealed wisdom and hidden treasure: what good are these? (Ecclesiasticus 20, 30)

• If an educated man hears a wise saying he values it and adds another. If the good-for-nothing hears it he is annoyed and tosses it over his shoulder. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 15)

• Happy he who has acquired good sense and is able to speak before an attentive audience! (Ecclesiasticus 25, 9)

• Happy the husband of a good wife, the number of his days will be doubled. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 1)

• A good wife is the best of gifts, reserved for those who fear the Lord; (Ecclesiasticus 26, 3)

• Like the sun rising over the mountains of the Lord, such is the enchantment of a good wife in a well-kept house. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 16)

• Those who gloat over the downfall of good men will fall into the snare; suffering will consume them before they die. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 29)

• Many a good person refuses to lend, not for any malicious reason: he is afraid of being cheated without cause. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 7)

• Fill your barns with good deeds and these will rescue you from misfortune. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 12)

• A good man goes surety for his neighbor; the scoundrel leaves him to his fate. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 14)

• Acting as guarantor has ruined many a good man and has tossed him like the waves of the sea. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 17)

• It is hard for a good man to have hospitality denied him and to be treated like a debtor. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 28)