Who laugh at him will hold; [[34]]

When among the wise | he marks it not

Though hatred of him they speak.

[25]. The foolish man | for friends all those

Who laugh at him will hold;

But the truth when he comes | to the council he learns,

That few in his favor will speak.

[a]26]. An ignorant man | thinks that all he knows,

When he sits by himself in a corner;

But never what answer | to make he knows,