In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn.
Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe
In times of stress, be bold and valiant.