2 People who are afraid to actare like clumps of cow manure;those who pick it upwill shake off their hand.
3 An uneducated son is a disgraceto a father,and a daughter’s birth is a liability.
4 A prudent daughterwill get a husband of her own,and a daughter in disgraceis a grief to her parents.
5 A disrespectful daughtershames her father and her husband,and both will despise her.
6 Ill-timed talk is like party musicduring mourning,but a whipping and disciplineare wisdom at any time.
9 Whoever teaches a foolis gluing together a broken potor waking up someoneout of a deep sleep.
10 Whoever talks with a foolconverses with someone who is drowsy;when the conversation is over,the fool will say, "What is it?