1. Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench;so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
2. A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right,but a fool’s heart to the left.
3. Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
4. If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.
5. There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:
6. folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
7. I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.
8. He who digs a pit will fall into it,and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.