1
Whoever touches pitch will be defiled, and whoever associates with a proud man will become like him.
2
Do not lift a weight beyond your strength, nor associate with a man mightier and richer than you. How can the clay pot associate with the iron kettle? The pot will strike against it, and will itself be broken.
3
A rich man does wrong, and he even adds reproaches; a poor man suffers wrong, and he must add apologies.
4
A rich man will exploit you if you can be of use to him, but if you are in need he will forsake you.
5
If you own something, he will live with you; he will drain your resources and he will not care.
6
When he needs you he will deceive you, he will smile at you and give you hope. He will speak to you kindly and say, "What do you need?"
7
He will shame you with his foods, until he has drained you two or three times; and finally he will deride you. Should he see you afterwards, he will forsake you, and shake his head at you.