20. This is how an unfaithful wife acts: she commits adultery, has a bath, and says, “But I haven't done anything wrong!”
21. There are four things that the earth itself cannot tolerate:
22. a slave who becomes a king,a fool who has all he wants to eat,
23. a hateful woman who gets married,and a servant woman who takes the place of her mistress.
24. There are four animals in the world that are small, but very, very clever:
25. Ants: they are weak, but they store up their food in the summer.
26. Rock-badgers: they are not strong either, but they make their homes among the rocks.
27. Locusts: they have no king, but they move in formation.
28. Lizards: you can hold one in your hand, but you can find them in palaces.