When you sit down to eat with a ruler; considering, consider what is before you,
Do you see a man who is prompt in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
and put a knife to your throat if you are an owner of a soul.
These are sunken rocks in your love feasts, feasting together with you, feeding themselves without fear, waterless clouds being carried about by winds, fruitless autumn trees, having died twice, having been plucked up by the roots;