There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:
“But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,
A hateful woman when she is married, And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.
The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer;