8 No one can stand a person who talks too long and will not give others a chance to speak.
9 Bad luck can sometimes lead to success, and a stroke of good luck can sometimes lead to loss.
10 Generosity will sometimes do you no good, but at other times it will repay you double.
11 Honour can be followed by disgrace, but there are people who have risen from obscurity to places of honour.
12 Sometimes what seems like a real bargain can turn out to be a very expensive mistake.
13 When a person with good judgement speaks, he wins friends. A stupid person, though, can shower compliments on everybody, and it won't help him a bit.
14 If such a person gives you something, it won't do any good; it won't be as valuable as he thinks it is.