15. The slacker plunges his hand in the dish— he is too tired to bring it back to his mouth.
16. A slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.
17. Like one who takes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18. Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows
19. so is one who deceives his friend, and says, “I was only joking.”
20. Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip quarrels cease.