21. Under three things the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:
22. under a slave when he becomes king, and a fool when he is satisfied with food;
23. under an unloved woman when she gets married, and a maid when she succeeds her mistress.
24. There are four small things on the earth, and they are exceedingly wise:
25. The ants are a people who are not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
26. the badgers are a people who are not mighty, yet they set their house on the rock;
27. there is no king for the locust, yet it marches in rank;
28. a lizard you can seize with hands, yet it is in palaces of kings.