16 It's easier to catch the windor hold olive oil in your handthan to stop a nagging wife.
17 Just as iron sharpens iron,friends sharpen the mindsof each other.
18 Take care of a tree,and you will eat its fruit;look after your master,and you will be praised.
19 You see your face in a mirrorand your thoughtsin the minds of others.
20 Death and the graveare never satisfied,and neither are we.
21 Gold and silver are testedin a red-hot furnace,but we are tested by praise.
22 No matter how hardyou beat a fool,you can't pound outthe foolishness.