9. When the influential draw near, keep your distance;then they will urge you all the more.
10. Do not draw too close, lest you be rebuffed,but do not keep too far away lest you be regarded as an enemy.
11. Do not venture to be free with them,do not trust their many words;For by prolonged talk they will test you,and though smiling they will probe you.
12. Mercilessly they will make you a laughingstock,and will not refrain from injury or chains.
13. Be on your guard and take carenever to accompany lawless people.
15. Every living thing loves its own kind,and we all love someone like ourselves.
16. Every living being keeps close to its own kind;and people associate with their own kind.