
The unwritten laws of the gods were promulgated against depraved manners, inflicting a severe destiny and penalty on the disobedient; and these unwritten laws are the fathers and leaders of those that are written, and of the dogmas established by men
Thomas Taylor (Tr.) Political fragments of Archytas, Charondas, Zaleucus, and other Ancient Pythagoreans, preservada por Stobæus; e também em Ethical Fragments of Pierocles http://books.google.com/books?id=Kx4PAQAAMAAJ (1822)