1. In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish.
2. Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.
3. A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.
4. Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.