XXIV + 

Glory + 

Give to the poor and add glory unto thy name: there is no greater profit for man than this. + 

The one theme in the mouth of all that praise is the glory of those that give unto the poor. + 

Everything else dieth on earth: but the fame that hath no rival endureth forever. + 

Behold the man that hath won a lasting, worldwide fame: the Gods on high prefer him even before saints. + 

The ruin that addeth unto fame and the death that bringeth glory belong only to the great-souled. + 

If men must needs be born into the world, let them earn glory: as to those who earn it not, it were better for them not to have been born at all. + 

Those that are not free from blemish chafe not at themselves: why then are they wroth against their calumniators? + 

It is a disgrace for all men if they earn not the memory called fame. + 

Behold the land weighed down beneath the tread of an inglorious people: its riches, even though renowned in the past, will wane away. + 

They alone live who live without blemish: and they alone die who have lived without glory. + 