Shalt fight not in words with fools;

For the man unwise | a worser word

Than he thinks doth utter oft.

[25]. Ill it is | if silent thou art,

A coward born men call thee,

And truth mayhap they tell; [[398]]

Seldom safe is fame,

Unless wide renown be won;

On the day thereafter | send him to death,

Let him pay the price of his lies.