XIV + 

Purity of Conduct + 

The man whose conduct is pure is honoured by all: purity of conduct is therefore to be prized even above life. + 

Watch anxiously over thy conduct: for wheresoever thou mayest search thou canst not find a firmer ally than right conduct. + 

Good conduct bespeaketh an honourable family: but low conduct placeth a man amongst the ignoble. + 

Even the Vedas if forgotten can be learned again: but once fallen from virtuous conduct the Brahman is fallen from his place forever. + 

Prosperity is not for the envious: even so dignity is not for men of ill conduct. + 

The firm-minded swerve not from virtuous conduct: for they know the evils brought on by such swerving. + 

The man of right conduct is honoured among men: but ignominy alone is the portion of those who fall therefrom. + 

Good conduct soweth the seed of prosperity: but an evil course is the mother of endless ills. + 

Foul words can never fall from the lips of the well-bred even when off their guard. + 

Fools may be as instructed as thou pleasest: but they never learn to conform to the ways of the Righteous. + 