1. When you sit to dine with a ruler,note well what is before you,
2. and put a knife to your throatif you are given to gluttony.
3. Do not crave his delicacies,for that food is deceptive.Saying 8
4. Do not wear yourself out to get rich;do not trust your own cleverness.
5. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,for they will surely sprout wingsand fly off to the sky like an eagle.Saying 9