You may be poor and young, but if you are wise, you are better off than a foolish old king who won't listen to advice.

Even if you were not born into the royal family and have been a prisoner and poor, you can still be king.

Don't be surprised if the poor of your country are abused, and injustice takes the place of justice. After all, the lower officials must do what the higher ones order them to do.

We may be sensible, yet we are no better off than a fool. And if we are poor, it still doesn't do us any good to try to live right.

But the city was saved by the wisdom of a poor person who was soon forgotten.

So I decided that wisdom is better than strength. Yet if you are poor, no one pays any attention to you, no matter how smart you are.