In Anger We Should Refrain Both From

If You Have A Wounded Heart, Touch It As Little As You Would An Injured Eye. There Are Only Two Remedies For The Suffering Of The Soul: Hope And Patience.

Step Not Beyond The Beam Of The Balance.

Wealth Is A Weak Anchor, And Glory Cannot Support A Man; This Is The Law Of God, That Virtue Only Is Firm, And Cannot Be Shaken By A Tempest.

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.

He Is Not Rich, That Enjoyeth Not His Own Goods.