When I eat and drink, my goal will be to satisfy nature's needs, not to stuff myself and then empty out again. I will be pleasant with my friends and gentle and kind to my enemies. I will forgive people before they even ask for it, and I will meet good people halfway in their requests. I will remember that the world is my home city, that the gods are its rulers, and that they stand above and around me, watching everything I do or say. When nature calls for my last breath, or when reason tells me it's time to go, I will leave this life. And I will call everyone to witness that I have loved having a good conscience and pursuing good things. No one's freedom — especially not my own — has been damaged because of me.
In eating and drinking my object shall be to quench the desires of Nature, not to fill and empty my belly. I will be agreeable with my friends, gentle and mild to my foes: I will grant pardon before I am asked for it, and will meet the wishes of honourable men half way: I will bear in mind that the world is my native city, that its governors are the gods, and that they stand above and around me, criticizing whatever I do or say. Whenever either Nature demands my breath again, or reason bids me dismiss it, I will quit this life, calling all to witness that I have loved a good conscience, and good pursuits; that no one's freedom, my own least of all, has been impaired through me."