⁷ Eloquent words are not fitting for a fool;
    even less are lies fitting for a ruler.

¹⁰ A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding
    than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.

¹² It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.

¹⁶ It is senseless to pay to educate a fool,
    since he has no heart for learning.

²⁴ Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom,
    but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

²⁵ Foolish children^[a] bring grief to their father
    and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.

²⁸ Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent;
    with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.