² 
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.

⁵ 
Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction]
Than love that is hidden.^(A)

¹⁶ 
Whoever attempts to restrain her [criticism] might as well try to stop the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.

²¹ 
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold [to separate the impurities of the metal],
And each is tested by the praise given to him [and his response to it, whether humble or proud].

²² 
Even though you pound a [hardened, arrogant] fool [who rejects wisdom] in a mortar with a pestle like grain,
Yet his foolishness will not leave him.