1. When you attain leadership, act justly in it
Aim for the heights through worthy lineage

2. For most authority, save but a little,
Is fickle friendship turned on friendship

3. Be not over-sweet there, lest you be despised
Nor bitter, lest it stick in their throats

4. Whenever a friend sought to provoke my rage
And flashed his teeth at me in bitter jest

5. I forgave his sins and turned away from him
Fearing to live in a world devoid of friends