¹⁶ Fools reveal their anger right away,
    but the shrewd hide their contempt.

¹⁶ The wise are careful and avoid evil,
    but fools become excited and overconfident.
¹⁷ Short-tempered people make stupid mistakes,
    and schemers are hated.

²⁹ Patience leads to abundant understanding,
    but impatience leads to stupid mistakes.

¹⁸ Hotheads stir up conflict,
    but patient people calm down strife.

³² Better to be patient than a warrior,
    and better to have self-control than to capture a city.

¹¹ Insightful people restrain their anger;
    their glory is to ignore an offense.

¹⁹ Angry people must pay the penalty;
    if you rescue them, then you will have to do it again.

²⁴ Don’t befriend people controlled by anger;
    don’t associate with hot-tempered people;
²⁵     otherwise, you will learn their ways
    and become trapped.

⁸ Mockers set a city on fire,
    but the wise turn back anger.

²² Angry people stir up conflict;
    hotheads cause much offense.