23. an unloved woman when she gets a husband,and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.
24. Four things on earth are small,but they are exceedingly wise:
25. the ants are a people not strong,yet they provide their food in the summer;
26. the rock badgers are a people not mighty,yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
27. the locusts have no king,yet all of them march in rank;
28. the lizard you can take in your hands,yet it is in kings’ palaces.
29. Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride:
30. the lion, which is mightiest among beastsand does not turn back before any;