"Transplant mallows in your garden but eat them not": that is, cultivate spirituality and destroy it not.
"Do not wear a ring": that is, philosophize truly, and separate your soul from the bonds of the body.
"When the winds blow, give heed unto the sound": that is, when the Deity speaks, attend closely.
"When you rise from bed, disorder the covering, and efface the impression of the body": that is, when you have attained unto wisdom, obliterate all traces of your former ignorance.
"Leaving the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths": that is, lead a spiritual, not a worldly, life.
"Do not offer your right hand lightly": that is, do not make pledges which you cannot or will not keep, and do not divulge the Mysteries to those who are unfit and uninitiated.
"Do not receive a swallow into your house": that is, do not disclose the Mysteries to one who is flighty and unstable.
"Speak not about Pythagorean concerns without light": that is, do not assume to be a teacher until you have become a student.
"When treading the Path divide not": that is, truth is one but falsehood is multifarious; choose that philosophy in which there is no inconsistency or contradiction.