The Man Who Wishes To Bend Me

Oh, The Cares Of Men! How Much Emptiness There Is In Human Concerns!

You Pray For Good Health And A Body That Will Be Strong In Old Age. Good-but Your Rich Foods Block The Gods' Answer And Tie Jupiter's Hands.

Please Not Thyself The Flattering Crowd To Hear; 'tis Fulsome Stuff, To Please Thy Itching Ear. Survey Thy Soul, Not What Thou Does Appear, But What Thou Art.

Live According To Your Income.

The Stomach Is The Teacher Of The Arts And The Dispenser Of Invention.