Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.

Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.

The words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him:

Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.