3Ire or wrath is better than laugh-ing; for the soul of a trespasser is amended by the heaviness of his cheer.
4The heart of wise men is where sorrow is; and the heart of fools is where folly gladness is.
5It is better to be reproved of a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattering of fools;
6for as the sound of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughing of a fool. But also this is vanity.
7False challenge troubleth a wise man, and it shall lose the strength of his heart.
8Forsooth the end of prayer is better than the beginning. A patient man is better than a proud man.
9Be thou not swift to be wroth; for ire resteth in the bosom of a fool.
10Say thou not, What guessest thou is the cause, that the former times were better than be now? for why such asking is fond or foolish.