22. For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;
23. for an unloved woman when she is married; and a servant who is heir to her mistress.
24. “There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:
25. the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.
26. The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.
27. The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.
28. You can catch a lizard with your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.