12 A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
13 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.
14 A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morningwill be taken as a curse!
15 A quarrelsome wife is as annoyingas constant dripping on a rainy day.
16 Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the windor trying to hold something with greased hands.
17 As iron sharpens iron,so a friend sharpens a friend.
18 As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.