John Trapp on Proverbs 20:3

Verſ. 3. It is an honour for a man to ceaſe from ſtrife] To ſtint it rather than to ſtir it; to bee firſt in promoting peace and ſeeking reconciliation, as Abraham did in the controverſie with Lot, Memento (ſaid Ariſtippus to Aeſchines, Plutarch. de cohib. ira. with whom hee had a long ſtrife) quod cum eſſem natu major, prior te acceſſerim. Remember ſaid hee, that though I am the elder man, yet I firſt ſought reconciliation. I ſhall well remember it, ſaid Aeſchines, and whiles I live,Laer. l. 2. I ſhall acknowledge thee the better man, becauſe I was firſt in falling out, and thou art firſt in falling in again.

But every fool will bee medling] Or mingling himſelf with ſtrife; hee hath an itching to bee doing with it, to bee quarrelling, brabling, lawing.Caeſar. com. Once it was counted ominous to commence actions, and follow ſutes. Now nothing more ordinary, for every trifle, treading upon their graſs, or the like. This is as great folly, as for every ſlight infirmity to take Phyſick.