The king who knoweth not proportion or measure as regards territory, gain, loss, treasury, population, and punishment, cannot retain his kingdom long. He, on the other hand, who is acquainted with the measures of these as prescribed in treatises, being necessarily possessed of the knowledge of religion and profit, can retain his kingdom. As the stars are affected by the planets, so is this world affected by the senses, when they are directed, uncontrolled, to their respective objects.

In plain words: A king who does not understand the right limits in land, money, people and punishment will soon lose his kingdom, while one who learns them keeps it. Just as planets were believed to affect the stars, the world is pulled around by senses that are left uncontrolled.