⁷ Elegant speech sounds odd when it comes from a fool,
    and a lie on the lips of a leader is even more out of place!

¹⁰ A single correction makes a more lasting impression on one who is wise
    than a hundred lashes do on a fool.

¹² Better to face a mother bear stripped of her cubs
    than to encounter a fool caught up in his foolishness.

¹⁶ Even if fools had the means to obtain wisdom,
    they would not be able to benefit from it.

²⁴ Those who understand look to wisdom for guidance,
    but fools fasten their eyes on some distant horizon.
²⁵ Foolish children irritate their fathers
    and embitter their mothers.

²⁸ Even a fool who keeps quiet is considered wise,
    for when he keeps his mouth shut, he appears clever.