When others with questions come.
[27]. A witless man, | when he meets with men,
Had best in silence abide;
For no one shall find | that nothing he knows,
If his mouth is not open too much.
(But a man knows not, | if nothing he knows,
When his mouth has been open too much.)
[a]28]. Wise shall he seem | who well can question,
And also answer well;
Nought is concealed | that men may say