17. Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18. By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
19. A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life: and money answereth all things.
20. Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.