<p class="poetry">There are four things on earth that are small,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but they are exceedingly wise:<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">but these men lie in wait for their own blood,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they ambush their own lives!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">For they will be like<n id="1" /> an elegant<n id="2" /> garland<n id="3" /> on<n id="4" /> your head,p> <p class="poetry">and like<n id="5" /> pendants<n id="6" /> around<n id="7" /> your neck.p>

<p class="poetry">for they are life to those who find themp> <p class="poetry">and healing to one&#8217;s entire body.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The words of a gossip<n id="1" /> are like choice morsels;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they go down into the person&#8217;s innermost being.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Thorns and snares<n id="1" /> are in the path of the perverse,p> <p class="poetry">but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.p>

<p class="poetry">The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels;p> <p class="poetry">they go down into a person&#8217;s innermost being.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">There are three things that are too wonderful for me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">four that I do not understand:p>

<p class="poetry">There are three things that are magnificent<n id="1" /> in their step,p> <p class="poetry">four things that move about magnificently:<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;How long will you simpletons<n id="1" /> love naiveté?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">How long<n id="3" /> will mockers<n id="4" /> delight<n id="5" /> in mockery<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">and fools<n id="7" /> hate knowledge?p>

<p class="poetry">All the relatives<n id="1" /> of a poor person hate him;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">how much more do his friends avoid him &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">he pursues them<n id="3" /> with words, but they do not respond.<n id="4" />p>