6. Never let a fool carry your message. If you do, it will be like cutting off your own feet. You are only asking for trouble.
7. A fool trying to say something wise is like a crippled person trying to walk.
8. Showing honor to a fool is as bad as tying a rock in a sling.
9. A fool trying to say something wise is like a drunk trying to pick a thorn out of his hand.
10. Hiring a fool or a stranger who is just passing by is dangerous—you don’t know who might get hurt.
11. Like a dog that returns to its vomit, a fool does the same foolish things again and again.
12. People who think they are wise when they are not are worse than fools.
13. A person who is lazy and wants to stay home says, “What if there is a lion out there? Really, there might be a lion in the street!”
14. Like a door on its hinges, a lazy man turns back and forth on his bed.
15. Lazy people are too lazy to lift the food from their plate to their mouth.
16. Lazy people think they are seven times smarter than the people who really have good sense.
17. To step between two people arguing is as foolish as going out into the street and grabbing a stray dog by the ears.
18-19. Anyone who would trick someone and then say, “I was only joking” is like a fool who shoots flaming arrows into the air and accidentally kills someone.