8. Anyone who digs a pit might fall into it;anyone who knocks down a wall might be bitten by a snake;
9. anyone who moves boulders might be hurt by them;and anyone who cuts logs might be harmed by them.
10. A dull ax meansharder work.Being wise will make it easier.
11. If a snake bites the tamer before it is tamed,what good is the tamer?
12. The words of the wise bring them praise,but the words of a fool will destroy them.
13. A fool begins by saying foolish thingsand ends by saying crazy and wicked things.
14. A fool talks too much.No one knows the future,and no one can tell what will happen after death.
15. Work wears fools out;they don’t even know how to get home.
16. How terrible it is for a country whose king is a childand whose leaders eat all morning.