11 If a snake bites the tamer before it is tamed,what good is the tamer?
12 The words of the wise bring them praise,but the words of a fool will destroy them.
13 A fool begins by saying foolish thingsand ends by saying crazy and wicked things.
14 A fool talks too much.No one knows the future,and no one can tell what will happen after death.
15 Work wears fools out;they don’t even know how to get home.
16 How terrible it is for a country whose king is a childand whose leaders eat all morning.
17 How lucky a country is whose king comes from a good family,whose leaders eat only at mealtimeand for strength, not to get drunk.