Chapter 5. Diligent Labor Is Fitting and Useful for the King

¹ You must therefore banish and cut away, by every means, by fire and by iron, that most terrible beast, pleasure; and in its place you must bring in and set up labors—labors that train the bodies of emperors and make them formidable against their enemies. These are what keep the flower of youth from withering in the young, and lighten the burdens of old age for the aged, since these labors are their lifelong companions, having grown up together with them from the start.