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32. Many men are mutually
        Well-disposed,
    Yet at table will torment each other.
    That strife will ever be;
    Guest will guest irritate.

33. Early meals
    A man should often take,
    Unless to a friend's house he goes;
    Else he will sit and mope,
    Will seem half famished,
    And can of few things inquire.

34. Long is and indirect the way
    To a bad friend's,
    Though by the road he dwell;
    But to a good friend's
    The paths lie direct,
    Though he be far away.

35. A guest should depart,
    Not always stay
    In one place:
    The welcome becomes unwelcome
    If he too long continues
    In another's house.

36. One's own house is best,
    Small though it be;
    At home is every one his own master.
    Though he but two goats possess,
    And a straw-thatched cot,
    Even that is better than begging.

37. One's own house is best,
    Small though it be;
    At home is every one his own master.
    Bleeding at heart is he
    Who has to ask
    For food at every meal-tide.