En lector, librum damus vere aureum, planeque scholasticum, quo continentur haec

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The beginning of salvation is the accusation of oneself.
It is better to throw a stone than a word.
Do to all as you wish them to do to these.
Practice justice more by work than by word.
A pious man is not he who has pity on many, but he who wrongs no one.

a A stibas a bed/pallet made of straw, leaves, and grass: just as it is read in that meaning several times in Theocritus.

It is better to live thus on a pallet, and to be of good courage, than to have a bed of gold.
Sweet is that friend who feeds the soul.
Praise God with words, worship with works, and honor with thought.
Intelligence, life, and integrity create a priest.
It is the worst thing to serve all base deeds.
Teach virtue by word, but proclaim it by work.
Do not consider it good to have virtue, but to have it as it ought to be.
Honor the law, and you will live according to the law.
He is a stranger who finds the things of the world foreign.
b It is a Greek form of speaking. Literally: to suffer or be affected badly by oneself.

He who envies injures himself; for he who speaks against another, is unknowingly affected badly by himself.
Do not flatter your neighbor, nor provoke him.
Wine strengthens the body, but the word of God the soul.
Use foods not that are sweet, but that are useful.
He who strives to please the crowds, becomes like the crowd.
Above all, master your body.
Laborious is he who does not have time for idleness.
Do not accept the outward form of a Christian man, but the disposition of his soul.
To blame the blameless before God is a sin.
Great is the danger of the ear and the tongue.
c It is the past tense of the imperative of the verb chraomai to use.

Have fear and desire of God, and use a pure conscience as a witness for all things.
Believe that God himself is pleased by you in the things you do each time.
Flee praises, and beware of reproaches.
Rejoice when you practice virtue, but do not be exalted, lest a shipwreck happen in the harbor.
As much as you progress in the law, know that you are lacking in perfection.