Never claim anything to which you are entitled,
not to mention that to which you are not entitled, and
you will be safe from connivance and treachery.
Indeed, anyone claiming a rank above his own will fall, scandalized and humiliated.
Moreover, those who claim a rank they warrant will have it stripped from them.
Conversely, those who claim a lesser rank than their own will be elevated to an even higher one than they deserve.
