31 ¹² Are you seated at the table of a great man?
Do not be greedy at it,
and do not say, "There is certainly much upon it!"
31 ¹³ Remember that a greedy eye is a bad thing.
What has been created more greedy than the eye?
Therefore it sheds tears from every face.
31 ¹⁴ Do not reach out your hand for everything you see,
and do not crowd your neighbour at the dish.
31 ¹⁵ Judge your neighbour's feelings by your own,
and in every matter be thoughtful.
31 ¹⁶ Eat like a human being what is set before you,
and do not chew greedily, lest you be hated.
31 ¹⁷ Be the first to stop eating, for the sake of good manners,
and do not be insatiable, lest you give offence.
31 ¹⁸ If you are seated among many persons,
do not reach out your hand before they do.

31 ¹⁹ How ample a little is for a well-disciplined man!
He does not breathe heavily upon his bed.
31 ²⁰ Healthy sleep depends on moderate eating;
he rises early, and feels fit.
The distress of sleeplessness and of nausea and colic are with the glutton.
31 ²¹ If you are overstuffed with food,
get up in the middle of the meal, and you will have relief.
31 ²² Listen to me, my son, and do not disregard me,
and in the end you will appreciate my words.
In all your work be industrious,
and no sickness will overtake you.

31 ²³ Men will praise the one who is liberal with food,
and their testimony to his excellence is trustworthy.
31 ²⁴ The city will complain of the one who is niggardly with food,
and their testimony to his niggardliness is accurate.

31 ²⁵ Do not aim to be valiant over wine,
for wine has destroyed many.
31 ²⁶ Fire and water prove the temper of steel,
so wine tests hearts in the strife of the proud.
31 ²⁷ Wine is like life to men,
if you drink it in moderation.
What is life to a man who is without wine?
It has been created to make men glad.
31 ²⁸ Wine drunk in season and temperately
is rejoicing of heart and gladness of soul.
31 ²⁹ Wine drunk to excess is bitterness of soul,
with provocation and stumbling.
31 ³⁰ Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his injury,
reducing his strength and adding wounds.

31 ³¹ Do not reprove your neighbour at a banquet of wine,
and do not despise him in his merrymaking;
speak no word of reproach to him,
and do not afflict him by making demands of him.