20. Such is the way of an adulteress: she eats, wipes her mouth and says, “I have done nothing wrong.”
21. Under three things the earth trembles, and under four it cannot bear up:
22. under a slave when he becomes a king, a fool when he is stuffed with food,
23. an unloved woman when she is married, and a handmaid when she displaces her mistress.
24. Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
25. ants are creatures with little strength, yet they store up their food in summer;
26. coneys are creatures with little power, yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
27. locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;
28. a lizard you can catch with the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.
29. Three things are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:
30. a lion, mighty among beasts, who never backs down from anything;
31. a strutting rooster, a male-goat, and a king with his army around him.
32. If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth.
33. For as churning milk produces butter, and twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.