4 Pour not out talk where there is a performance of music, And display not your wisdom out of season.
5 As a signet of carbuncle in a setting of gold, So is a concert of music in a banquet of wine.
6 As a signet of emerald in a work of gold, So is a strain of music with pleasant wine.
7 Speak, young man, if there be need of you; Yet scarcely if you be twice asked.
8 Sum up your speech, many things in few words; Be as one that knows and yet holds his tongue.
9 If you be among great men, behave not as their equal; And when another is speaking, make not much babbling.
10 Before thunder speedeth lightning; And before a shamefast man favor shall go forth.