1 Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench;so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
2 A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right,but a fool’s heart to the left.
3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
4 If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.
5 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: