20. Cease eating first, for the sake of discipline. And do not eat to excess, lest you offend.
21. And if you sit in the midst of many, you should not extend your hand before they do, and you should not be the first to ask for a drink.
22. How sufficient is a little wine for a well-taught man! For in sleep, you will not labor because of it, and you will not feel pain.
23. Worry, and disease, and torment are with an intemperate man.
24. A healthy sleep is with a temperate man. He will sleep until morning, and his soul will be delighted with him.
25. And if you have been coaxed into eating too much, rise up, go outside, and vomit. And it will refresh you, and you will not bring sickness upon your body.
26. Listen to me, son, for you should not spurn me. And in the very end, you will discover my words.
27. In all your works, be prompt, and then no infirmity will befall you.
28. The lips of many will bless the splendid in bread. For the testimony of his truthfulness is faithful.
29. The city will murmur against the wicked in bread. For the testimony against his wickedness is true.
30. Do not choose to provoke those who love wine. For wine has destroyed many.
31. Fire tests the hardness of iron; similarly, drinking wine to inebriation will rebuke the hearts of the arrogant.
32. Drinking wine in sobriety gives a contented life to men. If you drink it in moderation, you will be sober.
33. What is life to him who is diminished by wine?
34. What can cheat him of his life? Death.
35. From the beginning, wine was created for cheerfulness, but not for inebriation.
36. Wine taken in moderation lifts up the mind and the heart.
37. Sober drinking is healthful to mind and body.
38. Wine taken in excess stirs up conflict and anger, and brings many to ruin.