1 Wakefulness that comes of riches consumes the flesh, And the anxiety thereof puts away sleep. 2 Wakeful anxiety will crave slumber; Andin a sore disease sleep will be broken….

1 Have they made you rulerof a feast? Be not lifted up, Be you among them as one of them; Take thought for them, and so sit down. 2 And…

1 There shall no evil happen to him that fears the Lord; But in temptation once and again will he deliver him. 2 A wise man will not hate the…

1 Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding; And dreams give wings to fools. 2 As one that catches at a shadow, and follows after the…

1 He that keeps the law multiplies offerings; He that takes heed to the commandments sacrifices a peace offering. 2 He that requites a good turn offers fine flour; And…

1 Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and behold; 2 And send your fear upon all the nations: 3 Lift up your hand against the strange…

1 Every friend will say, I also am his friend: But there is a friend, which is only a friend in name. 2 Is there not a grief in it…

1 Honor a physician according to your needof himwith the honors due to him: For verily the Lord has created him. 2 For from the Most High comes healing; And…

1 Not so he that has applied his soul, And meditateth in the law of the Most High; He will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, And will…

1 Great travail is created for every man, And a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, From the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb, Until…