11. If the serpent bites before it is charmed,there is no advantage to the charmer.
12. The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor,but the lips of a fool consume him.
13. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,and the end of his talk is evil madness.
14. A fool multiplies words,though no man knows what is to be,and who can tell him what will be after him?
15. The toil of a fool wearies him,for he does not know the way to the city.
16. Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,and your princes feast in the morning!
17. Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,and your princes feast at the proper time,for strength, and not for drunkenness!