10. If your axe is blunt and you don't sharpen it, you have to work harder to use it. It is more sensible to plan ahead.
11. Knowing how to charm a snake is of no use if you let the snake bite first.
12. What the wise say brings them honour, but fools are destroyed by their own words.
13. They start out with silly talk and end up with pure madness.
14. A fool talks on and on.No one knows what is going to happen next, and no one can tell us what will happen after we die.
15. Only someone too stupid to find his way home would wear himself out with work.
16. A country is in trouble when its king is a youth and its leaders feast all night long.
17. But a country is fortunate to have a king who makes his own decisions and leaders who eat at the proper time, who control themselves and don't get drunk.
18. When someone is too lazy to repair his roof, it will leak, and the house will fall in.
19. Feasting makes you happy and wine cheers you up, but you can't have either without money.
20. Don't criticize the king, even silently, and don't criticize the rich, even in the privacy of your bedroom. A bird might carry the message and tell them what you said.