⁶ Many curry favor with a ruler,^(A)
    and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.^(B)

¹⁰ It is not fitting for a fool^(A) to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!^(B)

¹² A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion,^(A)
    but his favor is like dew^(B) on the grass.^(C)