Mishnah 5 - Chapter 3 - Pirkei Avot

Rabbi nechuneya ben hakkaneh omer. Kol hammekabbel alav ol torah , ma'avirin mimmennu ol malchut ve'ol derech eretz. Vechol happorek mimmennu ol torah, notenin alav ol malchut ve'ol derech eretz.

Rabbi Nehunia ben Hakkanah said: whoever takes upon himself the yoke of the Torah, they remove from him the yoke of government and the yoke of worldly concerns, and whoever breaks off from himself the yoke of the Torah, they place upon him the yoke of government and the yoke of worldly concerns.

R. Nechunia ben Hakanah says: If one accepts upon himself the yoke of Torah, there is removed from him the yoke of sovereignty [the burden of the king and his officers] and the yoke of derech eretz [the toil and tribulation of earning a livelihood (for his work is blessed)]. And if one divests himself of the yoke of Torah [i.e., if he says: "The yoke of Torah is too burdensome for me and I cannot bear it,"] there is placed upon him the yoke of sovereignty and the yoke of derech eretz.