12. See that man who thinks he’s so smart?You can expect far more from a fool than from him.
13. Loafers say, “It’s dangerous out there!Tigers are prowling the streets!”and then pull the covers back over their heads.
14. Just as a door turns on its hinges,so a lazybones turns back over in bed.
15. A shiftless sluggard puts his fork in the pie,but is too lazy to lift it to his mouth.
16. Dreamers fantasize their self-importance;they think they are smarterthan a whole college faculty.
17. You grab a mad dog by the earswhen you butt into a quarrel that’s none of your business.
18-19. People who shrug off deliberate deceptions,saying, “I didn’t mean it, I was only joking,”Are worse than careless camperswho walk away from smoldering campfires.
20. When you run out of wood, the fire goes out;when the gossip ends, the quarrel dies down.
21. A quarrelsome person in a disputeis like kerosene thrown on a fire.
22. Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy;do you want junk like that in your belly?