A fool folds his hands and wastes away.
I am biting off more than I can chew and taking my life in my own hands.
A merciful person helps himself, but a cruel person hurts himself.
A lazy hunter does not catch his prey, but a hard-working person becomes wealthy.
A lazy person craves food and there is none, but the appetite of hard-working people is satisfied.
A lazy person does not plow in the fall. He looks for something in the harvest but finds nothing.
How long will you lie there, you lazy bum? When will you get up from your sleep?
A wise person’s words win favors, but a fool’s lips are self-destructive.
On the right, one gobbles up food and is still hungry. On the left, another eats and is never full. Each person eats the flesh from his own arm.
