4. Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest you be like him yourself.
5. Answer a fool according to his folly,lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6. Whoever sends a message by the hand of a foolcuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7. Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless,is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8. Like one who binds the stone in the slingis one who gives honor to a fool.