28. [Deliver an official message straightforwardly.]
29. [Call not to remembrance favors that you have bestowed, when the recipient has ceased to thank you.]
30. [Advice to one that has risen in the world.]
"If thou gainest great after small things and makest wealth after poverty, so that thou art an example thereof in thy city, thou art known in thy nome and thou art become prominent: do not wrap up [?] thy heart in thy riches that have come to thee by the gift of God,... another like unto thee to whom the like hath fallen."
31. [Obedience to chief.]
"Bend thy back to thy chief, thy superior of the king's house, on whose property thine house dependeth, and thy payments[295] in their proper place. It is ill to be at variance with the chief. One liveth [only] while he is gracious."...
32. [Against lewdness.]
33. [Judge a friend's character at first hand.]
"If thou seekest the character of a friend, mind thou, do not ask; go to him, occupy thyself with him alone so as not to interfere with his business. Argue with him after a season, test [?] his heart with an instance of speech."...
34. [Be cheerful to friends.]