Thus speaketh he, giving counsel unto his son.
Be not thou puffed up with thy learning; honor the wise, neither withhold thou honor from the simple.
The gates of art are closed unto none; whoso entereth thereat, though he seeketh perfection, yet shall he not find it.
But the words of wisdom are hid, even as the emerald is hid in the earth, and adamant in the rock, which the slave diggeth up.
Yield unto him whose strength is more than thine, who falleth upon thee in anger: be not thou inflamed, neither lay thy hands upon him; so shalt thou escape calamity.
He is froward, it shall not profit thee to contend against him; be contained, and when he rageth against thee, oppose him not; so in the end shalt thou prevail over him.
If one rail against thee, and flout thee, answer him not again, but be as one who cannot be moved; even so shalt thou overcome him. For the bystanders shall declare that he who, being provoked, holdeth his tongue, is greater than he who provoketh; and thou shalt be honored of those who have understanding.
If thou do evil, being thereto commanded by one having authority over thee, the gods shall not condemn thee.
Know the master, and the slave: be not froward: obey and reverence him to whom is given dominion over thee:
None may know adversity, when it cometh, nor prosperity, when it shall relieve him, for the will of fate is hid from all: