1<\/sup>Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep,<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth off, he is still needy.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was present.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Who is he? and we will call him blessed: for wonderful things hath he done among his people.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it?<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his alms.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour note, lest thou be hated.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Leave off first for manners' sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt find as I told thee: in all thy works be quick, so shall there no sickness come unto thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, with brawling and quarrelling.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.<\/span> <\/p>\n 31<\/sup>Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: give him no despiteful words, and press not upon him with urging him [to drink.]<\/span> <\/p>\n