Know Thyself And Thou Wilt Know The

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.

Many Words Befall Men, Mean And Noble Alike; Do Not Be Astonished By Them, Nor Allow Yourself To Be Constrained.

You Will Know That Wretched Men Are The Cause Of Their Own Suffering, Who Neither See Nor Hear The Good That Is Near Them, And Few Are The Ones Who Know How To Secure Release From Their Troubles.

When Going To The Temple To Adore Divinity Neither Say Nor Do Any Thing In The Interim Pertaining To The Common Affairs Of Life.

Number Was The Substance Of All Things.