{32:11} If you have been asked twice, let your response be concise.
{32:12} In many matters, be as if you lack knowledge, and listen silently as well as intently.
{32:13} In the midst of great men, you should not be presumptuous. And where the elders are present, you should not speak much.
{32:14} Lightning goes before a hailstorm, and grace goes before modesty. And so, for your reverence, good graces will be added to you.
{32:15} And at the hour for rising, you should not be lax. Later, be the first to run ahead to your house, and there withdraw, and there take your pastime.