Look to thy God, O sinner! use reason wisely; cherish honour; shrink not from toil, though somewhile unrewarded; preserve frank bearing with thy fellows; and in spite of all thy sins--forgiven; all thy follies--flung away; all the trickeries of this world--scorned; all competitions--disregarded; all suspicions--trodden under foot; thou neediest and raggedest of labourers' labourers--Enough shall be thy portion, ere a week hath passed away.
Well did Agur-the-Wise counsel Ithiel and Ucal his disciples, when he uttered in their ears before his God, this prayerful admonition, "Two things have I required of Thee; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches: feed me with food convenient for me.

Lest I be full, and deny Thee, saying, Who is the Lord?
or lest I be poor, and steal, and dishonour the name of the Lord my God.".