22. Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
23. under an odious woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
24. There are four things little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
25. The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
26. the rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
27. the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
28. thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
29. There are three things which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
30. The lion, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
31. a horse girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
32. If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay the hand upon thy mouth.
33. For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.