The Octave Formed A Circle And Gave

Respect Gods Before Demigods, Heroes Before Men, And First Among Men Your Parents; But Respect Yourself Most Of All.

Better Be Mute, Than Dispute With The Ignorant.

Souls Never Die, But Always On Quitting One Abode Pass To Another. All Things Change, Nothing Perishes. The Soul Passes Hither And Thither, Occupying Now This Body, Now That... As A Wax Is Stamped With Certain Figures, Then Melted, Then Stamped Anew With Others, Yet It Is Always The Same Wax. So, The Soul Being Always The Same, Yet Wears At Different Times Different Forms.

Do Not Spend In Excess Like One Who Is Careless Of What Is Good, Nor Be Miserly; The Mean Is Best In Every Case.

He Who Knoweth Not What He Ought To Know, Is A Brute Beast Among Men; He That Knoweth No More Than He Hath Need Of, Is A Man Among Brute Beasts; And He That Knoweth All That May Be Known, Is As A God Among Men.