1
My whole being takes pleasure in three things, and these are beautiful to the Lord and to human beings: harmony among brothers and sisters, friendship among neighbors, and a wife and husband who adapt to each other.
2
My whole being despises three types of persons, and I am angered by the way they live: an arrogant poor person, a rich liar, an old adulterer who never learns.
3
If you have gathered nothing in your youth, how then will you find anything in your old age?
4
How beautiful is sound judgment in gray-haired women and finding good advice in elderly men!
5
How beautiful is wisdom in the aged and thought and counsel in those who are respectable!