1. People who are afraid to actare like filthy stones;everyone will hiss at their dishonor.
2. People who are afraid to actare like clumps of cow manure;those who pick it upwill shake off their hand.
3. An uneducated son is a disgraceto a father,and a daughter’s birth is a liability.
4. A prudent daughterwill get a husband of her own,and a daughter in disgraceis a grief to her parents.
5. A disrespectful daughtershames her father and her husband,and both will despise her.
6. Ill-timed talk is like party musicduring mourning,but a whipping and disciplineare wisdom at any time.
9. Whoever teaches a foolis gluing together a broken potor waking up someoneout of a deep sleep.
10. Whoever talks with a foolconverses with someone who is drowsy;when the conversation is over,the fool will say, "What is it?