24. An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.
25. Foolish children bring grief to their fathers and bitter regrets to their mothers.
26. It is not right to make an innocent person pay a fine; justice is perverted when good people are punished.
27. Those who are sure of themselves do not talk all the time. People who stay calm have real insight.
28. After all, even a fool may be thought wise and intelligent if he stays quiet and keeps his mouth shut.