3. Don't be greedy for the fine food he serves; he may be trying to trick you.
4. Be wise enough not to wear yourself out trying to get rich.
5. Your money can be gone in a flash, as if it had grown wings and flown away like an eagle.
6. Don't eat at the table of a stingy person or be greedy for the fine food he serves.
7. “Come on and have some more,” he says, but he doesn't mean it. What he thinks is what he really is.
8. You will vomit up what you have eaten, and all your flattery will be wasted.
9. Don't try to talk sense to a fool; he can't appreciate it.
29-30. Show me someone who drinks too much, who has to try out some new drink, and I will show you someone miserable and sorry for himself, always causing trouble and always complaining. His eyes are bloodshot, and he has bruises that could have been avoided.
31. Don't let wine tempt you, even though it is rich red, though it sparkles in the cup, and it goes down smoothly.
32. The next morning you will feel as if you had been bitten by a poisonous snake.
33. Weird sights will appear before your eyes, and you will not be able to think or speak clearly.
34. You will feel as if you were out on the ocean, sea-sick, swinging high up in the rigging of a tossing ship.
35. “I must have been hit,” you will say; “I must have been beaten up, but I don't remember it. Why can't I wake up? I need another drink.”