1. Like snow in summer or rain at harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2. Like a fluttering sparrow or a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse does not land.
3. A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
4. Do not answer a fool according to his folly, else you also will be like him.
5. Answer a fool according to his folly, else he will be wise in his own eyes.