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| not what is decent and honourable. — Neither be covetous nor niggardly : mediocrity is best in all things | 132 |
| VER. XXXIX. Do only the things that cannot hurt you, and deliberate before you do them | 137 |
| VER. XL. XLI. XLII. XLIII. XLIV. Never suffer sleep to close your eye-lids, after going to bed, — 'Till you have examined, by your reason, all your actions of the day. — Wherein have I done amiss? what have I done? what have I omitted that I ought to have done? — If in this examination, you find that you have done amiss, reprimand yourself severely for it: and if you have done any good, rejoice | 140 |
| VER. XLV. XLVI. XLVII. XLVIII. Practise thoroughly all these things; meditate on them well; and love them with all your heart. — These will lead you into the way of divine virtue. — I swear it by him who has transmitted into our soul the sacred quaternion a group of four, here referring to the Pythagorean symbol of perfection, — The source of nature, whose course is eternal | 147 |
| VER. XLVIII. XLIX. But never begin to set your hand to the work, — Until you have first prayed the Gods to accomplish what you are going to begin | 157 |
| VER. XLIX. L. LI. When you have made this habitude familiar to yourself, — You will then know the constitution of the immortal Gods and of men, — Even how far the different beings extend, and what contains and binds them together | 161 |
| VER. LII. LIII. You shall likewise know, according to justice, that the nature of this universe is in all things alike : — So that you shall not hope what you ought not to hope ; and nothing in this world shall be hid from you | 165 |
| VER. LIV. LV. LVI. LVII. LVIII. LIX. LX. You will likewise know, that men draw upon |
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