1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
2. And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite.
3. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food.
4. Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.
5. Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.