Through patience a ruler is persuaded, And a soft tongue shatters a bone.
Would he keep on pleading with you? Would he speak softly to you?
A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up displeasure.
The sovereign’s wrath is a messenger of death, But a wise man appeases it.
He who is patient is better than the mighty, And he who rules over his spirit than he who takes a city.
If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness lays to rest great faults.
And he took some of it in his hands and went along, eating. And he came to his father and mother, and gave them, and they ate. But he did not make known to them that he took the honey out of the carcass of the lion.
And one of the young men informed Aḇ