He who pampers his servant from childhood, will in the end find him his heir.
And Abram said, “Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; and a slave born in my house will be my heir.”
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger causes much transgression.
an unloved woman when she gets a husband, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
And the steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.
Now a centurion had a slave who was dear to him, who was sick and at the point of death.
whereas she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.