1. When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
2. and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
3. Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4. Do not wear yourself out to get rich. Be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5. When you cast your eyes 0n riches, it is gone; for it surely sprouts wings and flies off into the sky like an eagle.
6. Do not eat the food of a stingy person, or desire his delicacies.