8. The wisdom of the wise keeps life on track;the foolishness of fools lands them in the ditch.
9. The stupid ridicule right and wrong,but a moral life is a favored life.
10. The person who shuns the bitter moments of friendswill be an outsider at their celebrations.
11. Lives of careless wrongdoing are tumbledown shacks;holy living builds soaring cathedrals.
14. A mean person gets paid back in meanness,a gracious person in grace.
15. The gullible believe anything they’re told;the prudent sift and weigh every word.
16. The wise watch their steps and avoid evil;fools are headstrong and reckless.
17. The hotheaded do things they’ll later regret;the coldhearted get the cold shoulder.
18. Foolish dreamers live in a world of illusion;wise realists plant their feet on the ground.