Accustom thyself to surmount and vanquish these passions: First, gluttony, sloth, lust and anger. Never commit any shameful actions, nether with others nor in private with thyself
Above all things, respect thyself.
In the next place, observe Justice in thy actions and thy words; and accustom not thyself to behave thyself in anything without rule and without reason.
Always make this reflection, that it is ordained by Destiny for all men to die; and that the goods of fortune are uncertain. As they may be acquired, they may likewise be lost.
Concerning all the calamities that men suffer by Divine Fortune, support with patience thy lot, be what it will, and never repine at it, but endeavor what thou canst to remedy it, and consider that Fate does not send the greatest portion of these misfortunes to good men.
-Pythagoras From the Golden Verses