Sirach 33:20

¹⁸Hear me, O ye great men of the people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the congregation.

¹⁹Give not thy son and wife, thy brother and friend, power over thee while thou livest, and give not thy goods to another: lest it repent thee, and thou intreat for the same again.

— Sirach 33:20 —

²¹For better it is that thy children should seek to thee, than that thou shouldest stand to their courtesy.

²²In all thy works keep to thyself the preeminence; leave not a stain in thine honour.