²⁶ An honest answer
    is like a kiss on the lips.

¹⁰ or the one who hears it may shame you
    and the charge against you will stand.

¹¹ Like apples^[a] of gold in settings of silver^(A)
    is a ruling rightly given.

¹⁴ Like clouds and wind without rain
    is one who boasts of gifts never given.

²⁴ Better to live on a corner of the roof
    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.^(A)

¹⁷ Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears
    is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.

²⁰ Without wood a fire goes out;
    without a gossip a quarrel dies down.^(A)

²¹ As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.^(A)

²⁸ A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
    and a flattering mouth^(A) works ruin.

¹⁴ If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,
    it will be taken as a curse.