¹¹ The right word spoken at the right time
is as beautiful as gold apples in a silver ·bowl [^Lsetting].

¹⁵ With patience you can convince a ruler,
and a ·gentle [tender] word ·can get through to the hard-headed [^Lbreaks bone].

²⁵ Good news from a faraway place
is like a cool drink when you are tired.