47 1We have now explained the punishments inflicted on those who transgress the five oracles. But the guerdons awaiting those who keep them, 2even if not stated by the law in actual words of the injunctions, yet may be seen to underlie them. The refusal to acknowledge other gods, or to deify the works of men’s hands, or to commit perjury, needs no other reward. For surely the practice of such abstinence is in itself the best and most perfect reward. For where can any lover of truth find greater pleasure than by devoting himself to the one God 3and embracing his service in guilelessness and purity? I call to witness not such as serve vanity but those who are inspired with a zeal which never goes astray, those among whom truth is honoured. For wisdom is itself the guerdon of wisdom, and justice and each of the other virtues is its own reward. And much more is she, who as in a choir is the fairest and the queen of the dance—religion —her own prize and guerdon, providing happiness to those who cherish her and to their children and children’s 4children blessings of welfare which can never be taken from them.