3. “EVERY CONTAINER BECOMES TIGHTLY
PACKED WITH WHAT IS PUT IN IT, EXCEPT
FOR THE CONTAINER OF KNOWLEDGE,
FOR SURELY IT EXPANDS”
4. “LEARN TO BE QUITE JUST AS YOU LEARN TO
TALK, BECAUSE IF TALKING GUIDES YOU, BEING
QUITE PROTECTS YOU.BY BEING QUITE, YOU
ATTAIN TWO CHARACTERISTICS: YOU ARE ABLE
TO TAKE KNOWLEDGE FROM THOSE MORE
KNOWLEDGEABLE THEN YOU AND YOU ARE
ABLE TO REPEL THE IGNORANCE OF THOSE MORE
IGNORANT THAN YOU”
5. “SOMETIMES YOUR PRAYERS
ARE TURNED DOWN BECAUSE
YOU OFTEN, UNKNOWINGLY,
ASK FOR THINGS THAT ARE
REALLY HARMFUL TO YOU”
7. “BE LIKE THE HONEY BEE,
ANYTHING IT EATS IS CLEAN,
ANYTHING IT DROPS IS SWEET, AND
THE BRANCH IT SITS UPON DOES
NOT BREAK”
8. “DO NOT SHOW PLEASURE IN
SOMEBODY’S DOWNFALL , FOR YOU
HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT
THE FUTURE HOLDS IN STORE FOR
YOU”
9. “ELOQUENCE IS TO ANSWER WITHOUT
DELAY, AND TO BE CORRECT WITHOUT
MISTAKES”
10. “HE WHO INFORMS YOU OF YOUR FAULTS WILL
GUARD YOU IN YOUR ABSENCE, WHEREAS HE
WHO FLATTERS YOU WITH RESPECT TO YOUR
FAULTS WILL POINT THE FINGER AT YOU IN
YOUR ABSENCE”