¹² ¶ Hatred stirs up strifes, but love covers all sins.

¹⁰ ¶ The righteous is merciful even unto his beast, but the piety of the wicked is cruel.

¹⁷ Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is than a fatted calf and hatred therewith.

⁹ ¶ He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.

¹⁷ ¶ A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

⁵ ¶ Open rebuke is better than secret love.