Give me the gift of a listening heart.
Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.
For 365 days I went in between the legs of many women.
Comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love.
My beloved is mine and I am his.
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
Start with God – the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
Riches are a stronghold in the imagination of a rich man.
In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.