1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,consider carefully what is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throatif you have a big appetite;
3 don’t desire his choice food, for that food is deceptive.
4 Don’t wear yourself out to get rich; stop giving your attention to it.
5 As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itselfand flies like an eagle to the sky.