1. Wine is a scoffer, strong drink a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
2. The dread of a sovereign is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him sins against his own life.
3. For a man to cease from strife is esteem, But every fool bursts out.
4. The lazy one does not plough after the autumn; At harvest time he inquires – there is none!