1. Praise for a fool is out of place, like snow in summer or rain at harvest time.
2. Curses cannot hurt you unless you deserve them. They are like birds that fly by and never settle.
3. You have to whip a horse, you have to bridle a donkey, and you have to beat a fool.
4. If you answer a silly question, you are just as silly as the person who asked it.
5. Give a silly answer to a silly question, and the one who asked it will realize that he's not as clever as he thinks.
6. If you let a fool deliver a message, you might as well cut off your own feet; you are asking for trouble.
7. A fool can use a proverb about as well as crippled people can use their legs.
8. Praising someone who is stupid makes as much sense as tying a stone in a sling.
9. A fool quoting a wise saying reminds you of a drunk trying to pick a thorn out of his hand.
10. An employer who hires any fool that comes along is only hurting everybody concerned.
11. A fool doing some stupid thing a second time is like a dog going back to its vomit.
12. The most stupid fool is better off than someone who thinks he is wise when he is not.
13. Why don't lazy people ever get out of the house? What are they afraid of? Lions?
14. Lazy people turn over in bed. They get no farther than a door swinging on its hinges.
15. Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.
16. A lazy person will think he is more intelligent than seven people who can give good reasons for their opinions.
17. Getting involved in an argument that is none of your business is like going down the street and grabbing a dog by the ears.
18-19. Someone who misleads someone else and then claims that he was only joking is like a mad person playing with a deadly weapon.