by stem misfortune s stroke laid low who for help in humble mood � he who acts is truly good an v men who far others rise by learning wealth or royal state and yet with pride are ne er by all are justly reckoned wise of a man v no ill the thoughtful man his hungry appetite who in comfort all his household keeps who toils immensely little sleeps who not content to help his friends when asked his help to foes extends � � who more lives than he of dainty food who eats the best in rich attire is always and his helpless family s if ana for his he i� than an st to v xi those men who ample gifts on strangers waste and leave their own to pine in want and woe of goodness only earn the empty show � to poison turns the praise they taste the fools who thus to doom their kin and costly rites fulfil to merit heaven from all the acts performed and given no bliss shall find but reap the of sin � xxvi i v � far st vi f iii the good to others kindness show and from them no return exact the best and greatest men they know thus ever nobly love to act � � a that b t y � � f xiii f er thy acts the source must be of good or ill to other men deal thou with them in all things then as thou would st have them deal with thee from writers of a man il and f the good kind actions recollect but base injurious deeds forgot on doing good to others set they never expect he me and iii kind deeds are never thrown away on men of real goodness � such are not content to give as much as they have got far more repay nay even a bestow for here the gods no measure know a iii a man should do with all his might the good his heart has once designed ne er let him wrong with but be to others ever kind of not t� be on thee to smile though fortune never her happier lot with calmness bear for prudent men from they do not share but others own enjoyment ever gain the last two lines of this are may perhaps admit of an interpretation that the unfortunate may find means of by the wealth of others by themselves to their favour see however the as given in the he not equal the at xii the man who manifold hath paid a kindness on himself conferred does less than he who only stirred by generous impulse lent him aid i the lain the st vii in one short verse i here express the sum of of sacred lore is oppression sin s malignant core il not t � t not to thee or in another edition hear virtue s sum expressed in one brief � lay it well to heart ne er do to others what if done to thee would cause thee inward smart from writers bt them s � st st v i or in another edition his action no applause who simply good with good he only justly merits praise who deeds with kind h highest at the viii h to scatter joy throughout thy whole surrounding world to still men s grief � such ia the worship best and chief of god the universal soul aim of x be only does not live in vain who all the means within his reach his wealth his thought his speech t advance the of other men she at to final a xv those men alone the secret know which final brings whose hearts with pity to even the meanest living things � not those a beggar s garb who wear with ashes with to the xii v xii with conquer wrath and ill with by giving lies with truth he not again ist of peter ii iii y xii meet with patience ne er to men bear harsh tones and language greet with gentle speech and accents sweet when struck return not thou the blow even gods their admiration of men who thus entreat a foe ef him xxv v � to the xii xii that foe not with a frown who claims thy hospitable aid a tree refuses not its shade to him who comes to it down oi injuries a hero hates not even the foe whose deadly bow is him bent the tree with fragrant scent the axe which lays it low from writers � not to be sent let none with a meet or from the door a dog an outcast kindly treat and so shalt thou be in turn a i or the good extend their loving care to men however mean or vile e en base ch dwellings share th impartial s silvery smile v small souls belongs this man to our own race or class or but larger hearted men embrace ar brothers all the human race inn ht to to bad as well as good to all a generous man compassion shows on earth no mortal lives he knows who does not oft through weakness fall has the same sense as a man of the or of no caste from the i ii and from got the wise accept with joy the pearl they prize to them the mean may knowledge teach the lofty virtue preach such men will wed nor view with scorn a lovely bride though humbly bom when sunlight fails and all is gloom a lamp can well the house bt v from s even the wise and children s good may gain as workmen skilled extract the vein of gold in rocks that lies compare see above no p their y vii as doth is tinged by any in which it long time plunged may lie so 