19. Better to live in a desertthan with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
20. The wise store up choice food and olive oil,but fools gulp theirs down.
21. Whoever pursues righteousness and lovefinds life, prosperity and honour.
22. One who is wise can go up against the city of the mightyand pull down the stronghold in which they trust.
23. Those who guard their mouths and their tongueskeep themselves from calamity.