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.
20. Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, quarrelling stops.
21. Charcoal keeps the embers glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
22. Gossip is so tasty! How we love to swallow it!
23. Insincere talk that hides what you are really thinking is like a fine glaze on a cheap clay pot.
24. A hypocrite hides hatred behind flattering words.
25. They may sound fine, but don't believe him, because his heart is filled to the brim with hate.
26. He may disguise his hatred, but everyone will see the evil things he does.
27. People who set traps for others get caught themselves. People who start landslides get crushed.