8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10Say not thou: 'How was it that the former days were better than these?' for it is not out of wisdom that thou inquirest concerning this.
11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, yea, a profit to them that see the sun.
12For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.