¹Honor is no more associated with foolsthan snow with summer or rain with harvest.
²Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.
³Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle,and a fool with a rod to his back!
⁴Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools,or you will become as foolish as they are.
⁵Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools,or they will become wise in their own estimation.
⁶Trusting a fool to convey a messageis like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!
⁷A proverb in the mouth of a foolis as useless as a paralyzed leg.
⁸Honoring a foolis as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.
⁹A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.
¹⁰An employer who hires a fool or a bystanderis like an archer who shoots at random.
¹¹As a dog returns to its vomit,so a fool repeats his foolishness.
¹²There is more hope for foolsthan for people who think they are wise.