1
The indolent may be compared to a filthy stone, and every one hisses at his disgrace.
2
The indolent may be compared to the filth of dunghills; any one that picks it up will shake it off his hand.
3
It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son, and the birth of a daughter is a loss.
4
A sensible daughter obtains her husband, but one who acts shamefully brings grief to her father.
5
An impudent daughter disgraces father and husband, and will be despised by both.
6
Like music in mourning is a tale told at the wrong time, but chastising and discipline are wisdom at all times.
7
He who teaches a fool is like one who glues potsherds together, or who rouses a sleeper from deep slumber.
8
He who tells a story to a fool tells it to a drowsy man; and at the end he will say, "What is it?"
11
Weep for the dead, for he lacks the light; and weep for the fool, for he lacks intelligence; weep less bitterly for the dead, for he has attained rest; but the life of the fool is worse than death.