They play dice and drink beer, and consort with women loved by others. Associating with the worse, not the better, they diminish like the waning moon. One who is broke and destitute due to toddy, thirsty, drinking in the bar, drowning in debt, will quickly lose their way. When you’re in the habit of sleeping late, seeing night as time to rise, and always getting drunk, you can’t keep up the household life. ‘Too cold, too hot, too late,’ they say. When the young neglect their work like this, riches pass them by. But one who considers heat and cold as no more than blades of grass—he does his duties as a man, and happiness never fails.”

11. Fake Friends “Householder’s son, you should recognize these four enemies disguised as friends: the taker, the talker, the flatterer, the spender.

You can recognize a fake friend who’s all take on four grounds.