Time and time again we learn;
About virtues in the human kingdom:
That a life worth living;
Is attained through wisdom.
Not through excess but temperance;
And not through cowardice but courage;
I assure you, son, is attained;
The worthy life of a sage!
A well-lived life is just;
And justice is neither bought nor sold:
It matters not, then, my son;
How much you possess of gold.
If you worry little of externals;
In your pursuit of these virtues;
The world of eudaimonia will be yours;
You shall thrive as you choose.
