Ecclesiastes

¹ And a little foolishness decomposes much wisdom.

² Stupid thinking leads to wrong living.

³ The way they walk tells the story: "There goes the fool again!"

⁴ A calm disposition quiets intemperate rage.

⁵ An error that can be blamed on whoever is in charge:

⁶ While maturity is made to take a back seat.

⁷ While experienced veterans are put out to pasture.

⁸ Warning: Your accomplice in crime might double-cross you.

⁹ Be alert: Felling trees is hazardous.

¹⁰ Use your head: The more brains, the less muscle.

¹¹ What's the point in then sending for the charmer?

¹² The talk of a fool self-destructs—

¹³ And ends up spouting insanity and evil.

¹⁴ Chattering stuff they know nothing about.

¹⁵ That they can't find their way back to town.

¹⁶ And whose princes party all night.

¹⁷ Where the princes behave themselves And don't drink themselves silly.

¹⁸ A lazy woman ends up with a leaky roof.

¹⁹ And wine gives sparkle to life— But it's money that makes the world go around.

²⁰ And don't abuse your betters, even in the privacy of your home. Loose talk has a way of getting picked up and spread around. Little birds drop the crumbs of your gossip far and wide.