4 If entertainment is being provided, don't keep up a steady conversation; it's the wrong time to show off your wit.
5 Music at a banquet where wine is served is like a ruby set in gold.
6 Good music and good wine — an emerald set in gold.
7 If you are young, don't speak unless you have to, but never more than twice, and only if someone speaks to you first.
8 Come to the point and say it all in a few words. Show that you are well-informed, but stay quiet.
9 Don't treat important people as if you were their equal and don't make a nuisance of yourself by asking them a lot of questions.
10 The reputation of a modest person goes before him, as lightning before thunder.