A certain one said, “As treasure when it is discovered speedily becomes less, so virtue made known unto man vanishes. As wax melteth at the fire, so the virtue of the soul is thawed and runs away when it is praised.” A warning against the danger of being praised. A brother once asked the abbot Mathoes: “If I go to dwell in any place, what shall I do there?” The old man answered him, “If you dwell in any place, do not make a name for yourself there for anything. Do not say that you will not join