1. Honor is no more associated with foolsthan snow with summer or rain with harvest.
2. Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.
3. Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle,and a fool with a rod to his back!
4. Don’t answer the foolish arguments of fools,or you will become as foolish as they are.
5. Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools,or they will become wise in their own estimation.
6. Trusting a fool to convey a messageis like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!
7. A proverb in the mouth of a foolis as useless as a paralyzed leg.
8. Honoring a foolis as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.
9. A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.