"Open rebuke is better than secret love."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 5.

"Faithful are the wounds of a friend."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 6.

"A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 15.

"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 17.

"Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 22.

"The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxviii. 1.

"He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxviii. 20.

"Where there is no vision, the people perish."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxix. 18.

"Give me neither poverty nor riches."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxx. 8.

"The horseleech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxx. 15.

"In her tongue is the law of kindness."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxxi. 26.

"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxxi. 27.

"Her children arise up and call her blessed."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxxi. 28.

"Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxxi. 29.

"Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxxi. 30.

"Vanity of vanities, . . . all is vanity."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 2; xii. 8.

"One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 4.

"The eye is not satisfied with seeing."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 8.

"There is no new thing under the sun."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 9.

"Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already of old time, which was before us."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 10.

"All is vanity and vexation of spirit."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 14.

"He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 18.

"One event happeneth to them all."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ii. 14.

"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes iii. 1.

"A threefold cord is not quickly broken."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes iv. 12.

"Let thy words be few."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes v. 2.

"Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes v. 5.

"The sleep of a labouring man is sweet."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes v. 12.

"A good name is better than precious ointment."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 1.

"It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 2.

"As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 6.

"In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 14.

"Be not righteous overmuch."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 16.

"One man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 28.

"God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 29.

"There is no discharge in that war."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes viii. 8.

"To eat, and to drink, and to be merry."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes viii. 15; Luke xii. 19.

"A living dog is better than a dead lion."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 4.

"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 10.

"The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 11.

"A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 20.

"Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 1.

"In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 3.

"He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 4.

"In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 6.

"Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 7.

"Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 9.

"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 1.

"The grinders cease because they are few."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 3.

"The grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets."

The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 5.