The Proverbs of Solomon.

What is the world without evil? What is a plot without a villian?
I am reading Proverbs and some how there are those verses that stick out. That keep my head in an equilibrium. They don't dash hope neither do they raise onto exhilaration. No, they just encourage the path of the righteous. And if not, they persuade one therein.
Today I read this, Hope deferred maketh the heart sick:but when desire cometh, it is a tree of life. And this, In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. And this, Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. And this, A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. So many others, it would just go on and on. I love to read Proverbs.