1. When you sit down to eat with a ruler,consider carefully what is before you,
2. and put a knife to your throatif you possess a large appetite.
3. Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies,for that food is deceptive.
4. Do not wear yourself out to become rich;be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5. When you gaze upon riches, they are gone,for they surely make wings for themselves,and fly off into the sky like an eagle!