3. Whips are for horses, and harnesses are for donkeys,so paddles are good for fools.
4. Don’t answer fools when they speak foolishly,or you will be just like them.
5. Answer fools when they speak foolishly,or they will think they are really wise.
6. Sending a message by a foolish personis like cutting off your feet or drinking poison.
7. A wise saying spoken by a foolis as useless as the legs of a crippled person.
8. Giving honor to a foolish personis like tying a stone in a slingshot.
9. A wise saying spoken by a foolis like a thorn stuck in the hand of a drunk.
10. Hiring a foolish person or anyone just passing byis like an archer shooting at just anything.
11. A fool who repeats his foolishnessis like a dog that goes back to what it has thrown up.
12. There is more hope for a foolish personthan for those who think they are wise.
13. The lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the road!There’s a lion in the streets!”
14. Like a door turning back and forth on its hinges,the lazy person turns over and over in bed.
15. Lazy people may put their hands in the dish,but they are too tired to lift the food to their mouths.
16. The lazy person thinks he is wiserthan seven people who give sensible answers.