"I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman." ~~ Ben Sira 25:16
"Let your friends be many but your confidant only one in a thousand!" ~~ Ben Sira 6:6
"Who can number the sands of the sea, and the rain-drips, and the days of eternity?" ~~ Ben Sira 1:2
"Gentle speech multiplies friends." ~~ Ben Sira 6:5
"A faithful friend is a powerful defence; he that has found such a one has found a treasure." ~~ Ben Sira 6:14
"When you come to serve God, prepare your soul against temptation." ~~ Ben Sira 2:1
"Do not cast out an old friend for a new one!" ~~ Ben Sira 9:12
"There is no greater hatred than a woman’s. [Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.]" ~~ Ben Sira 25:28
"My son, answer not before you hear, nor speak in the midst of converse!" ~~ Ben Sira 11:8
"Idleness wreaks much mischief." ~~ Ben Sira 33:26
"The first man knew it not perfectly, neither will the last search it thoroughly; for its understanding is wider than the sea and its counsel deeper than the abyss. [Torah] " ~~ Ben Sira 24: 28,29
"Question a friend: perhaps he did not say what you think, or if he did, so that he will not say it again." ~~ Ben Sira