Read the Bible

¹ Don't brag about tomorrow;
    you don't know what may happen then.

² Don't praise yourself. Let someone else do it.
    Let the praise come from a stranger and not from your own mouth.

³ Stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
    but a complaining fool is worse than either.

⁴ Anger is cruel and destroys like a flood,
    but no one can put up with jealousy!

⁵ It is better to correct someone openly
    than to have love and not show it.

⁶ The slap of a friend can be trusted to help you,
    but the kisses of an enemy are nothing but lies.

⁷ When you are full, not even honey tastes good,
    but when you are hungry, even something bitter tastes sweet.

⁸ A person who leaves his home
    is like a bird that leaves its nest.

⁹ The sweet smell of perfume and oils is pleasant,
    and so is good advice from a friend.

¹⁰ Don't forget your friend or your parent's friend.
    Don't always go to your family for help when trouble comes.
    A neighbor close by is better than a family far away.

¹¹ Be wise, my child, and make me happy.
    Then I can respond to any insult.

¹² The wise see danger ahead and avoid it,
    but fools keep going and get into trouble.

¹³ Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger's loan,
    and keep it until he pays what the stranger owes.

¹⁴ If you loudly greet your neighbor early in the morning,
    he will think of it as a curse.

¹⁵ A quarreling wife is as bothersome
    as a continual dripping on a rainy day.
¹⁶ Stopping her is like stopping the wind
    or trying to grab oil in your hand.

¹⁷ As iron sharpens iron,
    so people can improve each other.

¹⁸ Whoever tends a fig tree gets to eat its fruit,
    and whoever takes care of his master will receive honor.

¹⁹ As water reflects your face,
    so your mind shows what kind of person you are.

²⁰ People will never stop dying and being destroyed,
    and they will never stop wanting more than they have.

²¹ A hot furnace tests silver and gold,
    and people are tested by the praise they receive.

²² Even if you ground up a foolish person like grain in a bowl,
    you couldn't remove the foolishness.

²³ Be sure you know how your sheep are doing,
    and pay attention to the condition of your cattle.
²⁴ Riches will not go on forever,
    nor do governments go on forever.
²⁵ Bring in the hay, and let the new grass appear.
    Gather the grass from the hills.
²⁶ Make clothes from the lambs' wool,
    and sell some goats to buy a field.
²⁷ There will be plenty of goat's milk
    to feed you and your family
    and to make your servant girls healthy.