4. Don’t answer fools according to their folly,or you will become like them yourself.
5. Answer fools according to their folly,or they will deem themselves wise.
6. Sending messages with a foolis like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.
7. As legs dangle from a disabled person,so does a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8. Like tying a stone in a sling,so is giving respect to a fool.
9. Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk,so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10. Like an archer who wounds someone randomly,so is one who hires a fool or a passerby.
11. Like a dog that returns to its vomit,so a fool repeats foolish mistakes.
12. Do you see people who consider themselves wise?There is more hope for a fool than for them.
13. A lazy person says, "There’s a lion in the path!A lion in the plazas!"
14. As a door turns on its hinge,so do lazy people in their beds.