Do Not Spend In Excess

Respect Gods Before Demigods, Heroes Before Men, And First Among Men Your Parents; But Respect Yourself Most Of All.

The Soul Of Man Is Divided Into Three Parts, Intelligence, Reason, And Passion. Intelligence And Passion Are Possessed By Other Animals, But Reason By Man Alone.

Ability And Necessity Dwell Near Each Other.

Begin Thus From The First Act, And Proceed; And, In Conclusion, At The Ill Which Thou Hast Done, Be Troubled, And Rejoice For The Good.

Golden Verses So-called Because They Are "good As Gold." They Are By Some Attributed To Epicarmos, And By Others To Empedocles, But Always Go Under The Name Of Pythagoras, And Seem Quite In Accordance With The Excellent Precepts Of That Philosopher. They Are As Follows: Ne'er Suffer Sleep Thine Eyes To Close Before Thy Mind Hath Run O'er Every Act, And Thought, And Word, From Dawn To Set Of Sun; For Wrong Take Shame, But Grateful Feel If Just Thy Course Hath Been; Such Effort Day By Day Renewed Will Ward Thy Soul From Sin. E. C. B.