1 If a poor person is wise, he has good reason to be proud, and he will be thought of as someone great.
2 Do not compliment a person on his good looks. On the other hand, do not look down on someone who is unattractive.
3 Compared with most flying things, a bee is very small, but the honey it makes is the sweetest of foods.
4 Don't make fun of someone who has fallen on hard times and is dressed in rags. The Lord does wonderful things that human beings never notice.
5 Many are the kings who have ended their careers sitting on the ground, while their crowns were worn by people no one had heard of before.