010:006 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place. 010:007 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth. 010:008 He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake. 010:009 Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered thereby. 010:010 If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success. 010:011 If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue. 010:012 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. 010:013 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 010:014 A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him? 010:015 The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city. 010:016 Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning! 010:017 Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! 010:018 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. 010:019 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things. 010:020 Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don't curse the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter. 011:001 Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days. 011:002 Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don't know what evil will be on the earth. 011:003 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be. 011:004 He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap. 011:005 As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't know the work of God who does all. 011:006 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good. 011:007 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun. 011:008 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.