| Description | "And he who dreads the causes of death, they will reach him, even if he ascends the tracts of the heavens with a ladder.
"And he, who shows kindness to one not deserving it, his praise will be a reproach against him, and he will repent of having shown kindness.
"And he who rebels against the butt ends of the spears, then verily he will have to obey the spear points joined to every long spear shaft.12
"And he who does not repulse with his weapons from his tank, will have it broken; and he who does not oppress the people will be oppressed.
"And he who travels should consider his friend an enemy; and he who does not respect himself will not be respected.
"And he, who is always seeking to bear the burdens of other people, and does not excuse himself from it, will one day by reason of his abasement, repent.
"And whatever of character there is in a man, even though he thinks it concealed from people, it is known.
"He, who does not cease asking people to carry him, and does not make himself independent of them even for one day of the time, will be regarded with disgust.
"Many silent ones you see, pleasing to you, but their excess in wisdom or deficiency will appear at the time of talking.
"The tongue of a man is one half, and the other half is his mind, and here is nothing besides these two, except the shape of the blood and the flesh.
"And verily, as to the folly of an old man there is no wisdom after it, but the young man after his folly may become wise.
"We asked of you, and you gave, and we returned to the asking and you returned to the giving, and he who increases the asking, will one day be disappointed."
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