When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is before you;
Do you see a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before unknown men.
and put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
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;