Advisors are needed by everyone
Who makes important decisions —
Improvement for their own, worsening for enemies
In peaceful conditions or in a time of alarm.

A ruler am I too, though I have no servants —
I govern the body, I serve the soul.
Left or right — I don’t know at once,
They help,
Others’ thoughts.

You are better, teach the unwise:
Even in disputes with those wiser than I
I listen to the truly wise,
Without driving away those worse than him either.