Who is a wise person? Who knows the solution to a problem? A person’s wisdom brightens his appearance, and softens his harsh countenance.

Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.

Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.