1. Were it not for writing, knowledge would have perished,
For script arranges on pages what was scattered.

2. The image of the soul is what the pen has poured out,
So the serious stumbler is one whose riding beast stumbled.

3. Be sparing and excellent in your craft,
What pleases people remains, be it little or much.

4. The palm gives immortality though it is ephemeral;
Time preserves nothing but mention and trace.