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In the Life of Pythagoras, Diogenes Laertius notes:

Aristoxenus asserts that Pythagoras derived the greater part of his ethical doctrines from Themistoclea, the priestess at Delphi. And Ion, of Chios, in his Victories, says that he wrote some poems and attributed them to Orpheus. They also say that the poem called the Scopeadae is by him, which begins thus:

Behave not shamelessly to any one.

He also observes:

Heraclides, the son of Sarapion, in his Abridgment of [N]otion says that he wrote a poem in epic verse upon the Universe; and besides that a sacred poem which begins thus:

"Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine,
And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine."

A third about the Soul; a fourth on Piety; a fifth entitled Helothales, which was the name of the father of Epicharmus of Cos; a sixth, called Crotona; and other poems too.

Read more about Pythagoras, and his "golden verses" (essentially maxims now attributed to his followers) here. Thanks for the pic Raphael.