“Let not sleep come upon thine eyelids till thou hast pondered thy deeds of the day.
“Wherein have I sinned? What work have I done, what left undone that I ought to have done?
“Beginning at the first, go through even unto the last, and then let thy heart smite thee for the evil deeds, but rejoice in the good work.
“Work at these commandments and think upon them: these commandments shalt thou love.
“They shall surely set thee in the way of divine righteousness: yea, by Him who gave into our soul the Tetrad,[18] well-spring of life everlasting.
“Know so far as is permitted thee, that Nature in all things is like unto herself:
“That thou mayest not hope that of which there is no hope, nor be ignorant of that which may be.
“Know thou also, that the woes of men are the work of their own hands.
“Miserable are they, because they see not and hear not the good that is very nigh them: and the way of escape from evil few there be that understand it.