<p class="poetry">A foolish child is a grief<n id="1" /> to his father,p> <p class="poetry">and bitterness to the mother who bore him.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">May your father and your mother have joy;p> <p class="poetry">may she who bore you rejoice.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">A friend<n id="1" /> loves at all times,p> <p class="poetry">and a relative<n id="2" /> is born to help in adversity.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Whoever brings a fool<n id="1" /> into the world<n id="2" /> does so<n id="3" /> to his grief,p> <p class="poetry">and the father of a fool has no joy.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Listen to your father who begot you,p> <p class="poetry">and do not despise your mother when she is old.p>

<p class="poetry">The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">whoever fathers a wise child<n id="2" /> will have joy in him.p>

<p class="poetry">Do not boast<n id="1" /> about tomorrow;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">for you do not know<n id="3" /> what a day may bring forth.p>