It would be wiser to remain silent than to rebuke your neighbor at the wrong time.
It is better to reprimand too often than to carry secret hatred. He who accepts a reproach
with thanks will also find it useful.
As is the lust of an eunuch to deflower a virgin, so is he
that executes judgments with violence.
There is one that keeps silence, and is found wise, and there is one that is hated for his much talk.
There is one that keeps silence, for he has no answer to make, and the other because he is awaiting his time. A wise man will be silent.
But a braggart and a fool will overpass his time.
He that uses many words will be abhorred, and he that takes himself to authority therein will be hated.