1. It shouldn’t snow in summer or rain at harvest.Neither should a foolish person ever be honored.
2. Curses will not harm someone who is innocent;they are like sparrows or swallows that fly around and never land.
3. Whips are for horses, and harnesses are for donkeys,so paddles are good for fools.
4. Don’t answer fools when they speak foolishly,or you will be just like them.
5. Answer fools when they speak foolishly,or they will think they are really wise.
6. Sending a message by a foolish personis like cutting off your feet or drinking poison.
7. A wise saying spoken by a foolis as useless as the legs of a crippled person.
8. Giving honor to a foolish personis like tying a stone in a slingshot.
9. A wise saying spoken by a foolis like a thorn stuck in the hand of a drunk.
10. Hiring a foolish person or anyone just passing byis like an archer shooting at just anything.