Part 2: On perspicaciousness (good judgment, perceptiveness), reasonableness, sagacity, savoir-faire, wisdom, and worldly wisdom

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When one is on fire one's reaction is extremely agile.

An imbecile makes an entertaining spectacle, but one would not want one as one's child.

Madness differs from the singing of Islamic songs; the singing of Islamic songs is not madness; fighting is different from playing.

A child's journey home from a nettle bush is fast indeed.

Keep your eyes on my face, and keep your eyes on my cheeks; one keeps one's eyes on the person with whom one goes visiting.

“Look after the child for me”: she wears three durable hand-loom wrappers to tatters; how many would the mother of the child herself wear out?

The sanitary inspector does not inspect a wasp's home without coming to grief.

People said, “Blind man, you did not light a lamp.” He asked, night or day, which one would his eyes register?

They said to the blind man, “Blind man, you son has killed a game.” He responds that he cannot believe them until he has tasted the meat.