Let Us Not Go Over

An Intemperate, Disorderly Youth Will Bring To Old Age, A Feeble And Worn-out Body.

It Is Besides Necessary That Whoever Is Brave Should Be A Man Of Great Soul.

For While We Are Enclosed In These Confinements Of The Body, We Perform As A Kind Of Duty The Heavy Task Of Necessity; For The Soul From Heaven Has Been Cast Down From Its Dwelling On High And Sunk, As It Were, Into The Earth, A Place Just The Opposite To Godlike Nature And Eternity. But I Believe That The Immortal Gods Have Sown Souls In Human Bodies So There Might Exist Beings To Guard The World And After Contemplating The Order Of Heaven, Might Imitate It By Their Moderation And Steadfastness In Life.

For How Many Things, Which For Our Own Sake We Should Never Do, Do We Perform For The Sake Of Our Friends.

Study Carefully, The Character Of The One You Recommend, Lest Their Misconduct Bring You Shame.