D<\/span>ead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.<\/span><\/p>\n 2<\/sup>A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.<\/span> <\/p>\n