The slothful {man} saith, {There is} a lion in the way; a lion {is} in the streets.

{As} the door turneth upon his hinges, so {doth} the slothful upon his bed.

The sluggard {is} wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

He that passeth by, {and} meddleth with strife {belonging} not to him, {is like} one that taketh a dog by the ears. {meddleth: or, is enraged}