- CHAP. II. A "Poor Richard's Almanac" of ancient days. Immortal precepts of human conduct concerning money, women, dress, business, friends. Especially interesting proverbs are found in Verses 12, 17, 23, 37, 45, 47. Compare Verse 63 with some of the cynicism of today.
1: Cf. Psalms CXLI. 4.
1: Cf. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
2: Cf. 2 Timothy, IV, 17.
- CHAP. III. Ahikar retires from active participation in affairs of state. He turns over his possessions to his treacherous nephew. Here is the amazing story of how a thankless profligate turns forgerer. A clever plot to entangle Ahikar results in his being condemned to death. Apparently the end of Ahikar.
1: Compare this account of Nadan's revelry and his beating of the servants with Matthew XXIV. 48-51 [...]
- CHAP. VII. The parables of Ahikar in which he completes his nephews education. Striking similes. Ahikar calls the boy picturesque names. Here ends the story of Ahikar.
1: Compare the parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke XV. 19.
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