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• He who troubles his household will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise. (Proverbs 11, 29)

• The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice. (Proverbs 12, 15)

• The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent man ignores an insult. (Proverbs 12, 16)

• In everything a prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly. (Proverbs 13, 16)

• The talk of a fool is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them. (Proverbs 14, 3)

• Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge. (Proverbs 14, 7)

• A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is careless. (Proverbs 14, 16)

• A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who heeds admonition is prudent. (Proverbs 15, 5)

• Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. (Proverbs 17, 7)

• A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool. (Proverbs 17, 10)

• Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly. (Proverbs 17, 12)

• Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom, when he has no mind? (Proverbs 17, 16)