But give me directions. Why should I give you directions? Hasn't Zeus already given you directions? Hasn't he given you what is truly yours — free from interference and obstacles — and made what isn't yours subject to interference and obstacles? What directions, what orders did you bring with you when you came from him? Keep what is yours by all means. Don't desire what belongs to others. Your integrity is yours. Your sense of honor is yours. Who can take these things from you? Who else but you can stop yourself from using them? But how do you actually behave?
But give me directions. Why should I give you directions? Has not Zeus given you directions? Has he not given to you what is your own free from hindrance and free from impediment, and what is not your own subject to hindrance and impediment? What directions then, what kind of orders did you bring when you came from him? Keep by every means what is your own; do not desire what belongs to others. Fidelity (integrity) is your own, virtuous shame is your own; who then can take these things from you? who else than yourself will hinder you from using them? But how do you act?