3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 Better to listen to the rebuke of the wise than for a man to listen to the song of fools.
6 Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also is vanity!
7 Surely oppression makes a fool of the wise, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 The end of a matter is better than its beginning; better to be slow to anger than hot-headed.
9 Do not be quick in your spirit to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.