When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.

When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.

till an arrow pierces his liver – like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained.