After whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise.
Much study is a weariness of the flesh.
The king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee.
The character of a people may be ruined by charity.