⁷ Foolish people should not be proud.
    And rulers should not be liars!

¹⁰ A wise man will learn more from a warning
    than a foolish person will learn from 100 lashings.

¹² It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than to meet a foolish person doing foolish things.

¹⁶ It won’t do a fool any good to try to buy wisdom.
    He doesn’t really want to be wise.

²⁴ The person with understanding looks for wisdom.
    But a foolish person lets his mind wander everywhere.

²⁵ A foolish son makes his father sad.
    And he causes his mother great sorrow.

²⁸ Even a foolish person seems to be wise if he keeps quiet.
    He appears to have understanding if he doesn’t speak.