Equity is supreme virtue
it is to give each man his due.
Wealth of the man of equity.
Grows and lasts to posterity.
Though profitable, turn away
From unjust gains without delay.
The worthy and the unworthy
Are seen in their posterity.
Loss and gain by cause arise;
Equal mind adorns the wise.
Of perdition let him be sure
Who leaves justice to sinful lure.
The just reduced to poverty
Is not held down by equity.
Like balance holding equal scales
A well poised mind is jewel of the wise.
Justice is upright, unbending
And free from crooked word-twisting.
A trader's trade prospers fairly
When his dealings are neighborly.
EQUITY
