1. Lessen jesting in your speech as precaution
For with its excess blood is often shed
١. أَقلِلِ المَزحَ في الكَلامِ اِحتِرازاً
فَبِإِفراطِهِ الدِماءُ تُراقُ
2. A little poison harms not, yet it may
Kill with excess, like theriac overfed
٢. قِلَّةُ السَمِّ لا تَضُرُّ وَقَد يَق
تُلُ مَعَ فَرطِ أَكلِهِ الدِرياقُ