or silver images of yourself to be made; they are not only costly, but they give rise to plots and last but a brief time:  you must build in the very hearts of men others out of benefits conferred, which shall be both unalloyed and undying.  Again, do not ever allow a temple to be raised to yourself.  Large amounts of money are spent uselessly on such objects, which had better be laid out upon necessary improvements.  Great wealth is gathered not so much by acquiring a great deal as by not spending a great deal.  Nor does a temple contribute anything to any one’s glory.  Excellence raises many men to the level of the gods, but nobody ever yet was made a god by show of hands.  Hence if you are upright and rule well, the whole earth will be your precinct, all cities your temple, all mankind your statues.  In their thoughts you will ever be enshrined and surrounded by good repute.  Those who administer their power in any other way are not only not magnified by sites and edifices of worship, though these be the choicest in all the cities, but erect for themselves therein mute detractors which become trophies of their baseness, memorials of their injustice.  And the longer these last, the more steadfastly does the ill-repute of such sovereigns abide. [-36-] Therefore if you desire to become in very truth immortal, act in this way; and further, reverence the Divine Power yourself everywhere in every way, following our fathers’ belief, and compel others to honor it.  Those who introduce strange ideas about it you should both hate and punish, not only for the sake of the gods (because if a man despises them he will esteem naught else sacred) but because such persons by bringing in new divinities persuade many to adopt foreign principles of law.  As a result conspiracies, factions, and clubs arise which are far from desirable under a monarchy.  Accordingly, do not grant any atheist or charlatan the right to be at large.  The art of soothsaying is a necessary one and you should by all means appoint some men to be diviners and augurs, to whom people can resort who desire to consult them on any matter; but there ought to be no workers of magic at all.  Such men tell partly truth but mostly lies, and frequently inspire many of their followers to rebel.  The same thing is true of many who pretend to be philosophers.  Hence I urge you to be on your guard against them.  Do not, because you have come in contact with such thoroughly admirable men as Areus and Athenodorus, think that all the rest who say they are philosophers are like them.  Some use this profession as a screen to work untold harm to both populace and individuals.