"A day’s happiness makes misfortune forgotten and a day’s misfortune is the oblivion of happiness." ~~ Ben Sira 11:25
"Rather a slip of the foot than a slip of the tongue. " ~~ Ben Sira 20:18
"Whoso casts a stone at a bird will frighten it away; and whoso abuses a friend will estrange affection." ~~ Ben Sira 22:23
"Do not accustom your lips to utter oaths!" ~~ Ben Sira 23:9
"Forsake not an old friend, for the new one is not his peer! A new friend is as new wine: when it is old, you shall drink it with pleasure." ~~ Ben Sira 9:10
"Better healthy and poor than rich and poorly." ~~ Ben Sira 30:14
"Shame not the old: we shall all be numbered among them." ~~ Ben Sira 8:6
"A thief is better than a liar, but they are both doomed." ~~ Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus 20:25
"Long experience is the crown of the aged." ~~ Ben Sira 25:6
"The heart of the fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of the wise is in their heart." ~~ Ben Sira 21:26
"Wine is as good as life to Man, if you drink it in its proper measure." ~~ Ben Sira 31:27
"None is more contemptible than the greedy man, for he will even sell his soul. " ~~ Ben Sira 10:11