A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner;
wherever he turns, he succeeds.

Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.

Giving honor to a fool
is like binding a stone in a sling.

The one who digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.

A stone is heavy and sand, a burden,
but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.