Repect Yourself... The Rest Will Follow.

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.

There Are In Woman's Eyes Two Sorts Of Tears,--the One Of Grief, The Other Of Deceit.

When The Wise Man Opens His Mouth, The Beauties Of His Soul Present Themselves To The View, Like The Statues In A Temple.

Oh, My Fellow Men, Do Not Defile Your Bodies With Sinful Foods. We Have Corn, We Have Apples Bending Down The Branches With Their Weight, And Grapes Swelling On The Vines. There Are Sweet-flavored Herbs, And Vegetables Which Can Be Cooked And Softened Over The Fire, Nor Are You Denied Milk Or Thyme-scented Honey. The Earth Affords A Lavish Supply Of Riches, Of Innocent Foods, And Offers You Banquets That Involve No Bloodshed Or Slaughter; Only Beasts Satisfy Their Hunger With Flesh, And Not Even All Of Those, Because Horses, Cattle, And Sheep Live On Grass.

So In Life, Some Enter The Services Of Fame And Others Money, But The Best Choice Is That Of Those Few Who Spend Their Time In The Contemplation Of Nature, And As Lovers Of Wisdom.