20. An adulterous woman consumes a man,then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”
21. There are three things that make the earth tremble—no, four it cannot endure:
22. a slave who becomes a king,an overbearing fool who prospers,
23. a bitter woman who finally gets a husband,a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
24. There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:
25. Ants—they aren’t strong,but they store up food all summer.
26. Hyraxes—they aren’t powerful,but they make their homes among the rocks.
27. Locusts—they have no king,but they march in formation.