Wakefulness that cometh of riches consumeth the flesh,

2 Wakeful anxiety will crave slumber;

3 A rich man toileth in gathering money together;

4 A poor man toileth in lack of substance;

5 He that loveth gold shall not be justified;

6 Many have been given over to ruin for the sake of gold;

7 It is a stumbling block unto them that sacrifice unto it;

8 Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish,

9 Who is he? and we will call him blessed:

10 Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect?

11 His goods shall be made sure,

12 Sittest thou at a great table? be not greedy upon it,

13 Remember that an evil eye is a wicked thing:

14 Stretch not thy hand whithersoever it looketh,

15 Consider thy neighbor’s liking by thine own;

16 Eat, as becometh a man, those things which are set before thee;

17 Be first to leave off for manners’ sake;

18 And if thou sittest among many,

19 How sufficient to a well-mannered man is a very little,

20 Healthy sleep cometh of moderate eating;

21 And if thou hast been forced to eat,

22 Hear me, my son, and despise me not,

23 Him that is liberal of his meat the lips shall bless;

24 Him that is a niggard of his meat the city shall murmur at;

25 Show not thyself valiant in wine;

26 The furnace proveth the temper of steel by dipping;

27 Wine is as good as life to men,

28 Wine drunk in season and to satisfy

29 Wine drunk largely is bitterness of soul,

30 Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool unto his hurt;

31 Rebuke not thy neighbor at a banquet of wine,