When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you;
These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;
Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men.
And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite.