11. If the serpent bites before it is charmed,there is no advantage to the charmer.
12. The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor,but the lips of a fool consume him.
13. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,and the end of his talk is evil madness.
14. A fool multiplies words,though no man knows what is to be,and who can tell him what will be after him?
15. The toil of a fool wearies him,for he does not know the way to the city.
16. Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,and your princes feast in the morning!
17. Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,and your princes feast at the proper time,for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18. Through sloth the roof sinks in,and through indolence the house leaks.