10Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom [and] honor.H4194H2070H8081H7543H5042H887H4592H5531H3368H2451H35192A wise man's heart [directs him] toward the right, but the foolish man's heart [directs him] toward the left.H2450H3820H3225H3684H3820H80403Even when the fool walks along the road his sense is lacking, and he demonstrates to everyone [that] he is a fool.H5530H1980H1870H3820H2638H559H55304If the ruler's temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses.H7307H4910H5927H3240H4725H4832H3240H1419H23995There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler—H3426H7451H7200H8121H7684H3318H6440H79896folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.H5529H5414H7227H4791H6223H3427H82167I have seen slaves [riding] on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.H7200H5650H5483H8269H1980H5650H7768He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.H2658H1475H5307H6555H1447H5175H53919He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.H5265H68H6087H1234H6086H553310If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen [its] edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.H1270H6949H7043H6440H1396H2428H2451H3504H378711If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.H5175H5391H3908H3956H1167H350412Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;H1697H2450H6310H2580H8193H3684H110413the beginning of his talking is folly, and the end of it is wicked madness.H8462H1697H6310H5531H319H6310H7451H194814Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?H5530H7235H1697H120H3045H310H504615The toil of a fool [so] wearies him that he does not [even] know how to go to a city.H5999H3684H3021H3045H3212H589216Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.H337H776H4428H5288H8269H398H124217Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time— for strength, and not for drunkenness.H835H776H4428H1121H2715H8269H398H6256H1369H835818Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.H6103H4746H4355H8220H3027H1004H181119[Men] prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.H3899H6213H7814H3196H8055H2416H3701H603020Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound, and the winged creature will make the matter known.H7043H4428H4093H7043H6223H2315H4904H5775H8064H3212H6963H1167H3671H5046H1697