12 Beat him while he is still a child, and make him respect your authority. If you don't, he will be stubborn and disobedient and cause you nothing but sorrow.
13 So discipline your son and give him work to do, or else he will be an embarrassment to you.
14 It is better to be poor, but strong and healthy, than to be rich, but in poor health.
15 A sound, healthy body and a cheerful attitude are more valuable than gold and jewels.
16 Nothing can make you richer or give you greater happiness than these two things.
17 It would be better to be dead, asleep for ever, than to live in the misery of chronic illness.
18 The finest food means nothing if you are too ill to eat it; it might as well be offered to an idol.