Answered before the king. —Memucan, like a true courtier, gives palatable advice to his master, through counsel that is the true e…

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes Who was the last, and perhaps the least and the youngest of the coun…

Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of special festivity often end in vexation.

Superiors should be careful not …