The First Rule Is To

The Whole Universe Is Change And Life Itself Is But What You Deem It

The Gods Sustain And Guide All Their Works.

Give Full Attention And Devotion To Each Act.

To Expect An Impossibility Is Madness.

Retire Into Thyself. The Rational Principle Which Rules Has This Nature, That It Is Content With Itself When It Does What Is Just, And So Secures Tranquility.