TSK · Whakatauki 12:1

A ka tirohia e te tohunga: a ki te mea kua ma te puku o te kiri; a kua puta ke te huruhuru, kua ma, he wahi ora ano no te kikokiko ora kei te puku;

Ko te tangata poauau, kahore ia e matau; kahore hoki tenei e mohiotia e te kuware.

¶ Ano toku aroha ki tau ture! Ko taku tena e whakaaroaro ai i te roa o te ra.

¶ Ka uru hoki te whakaaro nui ki roto ki tou ngakau, a ka reka te matauranga ki tou wairua;

E arohaina ana e ahau te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau; ko te hunga hoki e ata rapu ana i ahau, e kite ratou i ahau.

Ko ia e papaki ana i te tangata whakahihi, ka whakama; a ko ia e riri ana i te tangata kino, ka piri mai he he ki a ia.

¶ He kino te papaki ki te tangata e whakarere ana i te ara; a, ko te tangata e kino ana ki te ako, ka mate.

E mohio ana te kau ki tona ariki, te kaihe ki te takotoranga kai a tona rangatira: ko Iharaira ia kahore e mohio, kahore taku iwi e whakaaro.