¹⁰ Only the person involved can know his own bitterness or joy—no one else can really share it.

¹³ Laughter cannot mask a heavy heart. When the laughter ends, the grief remains.

¹³ A happy face means a glad heart; a sad face means a breaking heart.

²² A cheerful heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit makes one sick.

¹⁴ A man’s courage^[a] can sustain his broken body, but when courage dies, what hope is left?

²⁰ Being happy-go-lucky around a person whose heart is heavy is as bad as stealing his jacket in cold weather or rubbing salt in his wounds.^[a]

¹¹ My son, how happy I will be if you turn out to be sensible! It will be a public honor to me.

^5-6 Flattery is a trap; evil men are caught in it, but good men stay away and sing for joy.