Let not sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou has thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned aside from rectitude What have I been doing What have I left undone, which I ought to have done. (Pythagoras)

Let not sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou has thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned aside from rectitude What have I been doing What have I left undone, which I ought to have done.

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