ng faithful, in being modest: for you
will not find it to be so; but wherein you are superior,
there you will find that you have the advantage. And I
once said to a man who was vexed because Philostorgus
was fortunate: Would you choose to lie with Sura?Upton suggests that Sura may be Palfurius (Juvenal, iv. 53), or
Palfurius Sura (Suetonius, Domitian, c. 13).—
May it never happen, he replied, that this day should
come? Why then are you vexed, if he receives something
in return for that which heSura may be Palfurius (Juvenal, iv. 53), or
Palfurius Sura (Suetonius, Domitian, c. 13).—
May it never happen, he replied, that this day should
come? Why then are you vexed, if he receives something
in return for that which he sells; or how can you consider
him happy who acquires those things by such means as you
abominate; or what wrong does Providence, if he gives
the better things to the better men? Is it not better to be
modest than to be rich?—He admitted this—Why are you
vexed then, man, when you possess the better thing?
Remember then always and have in readiness the truth,
that this is a law of nature, that the superior has an ad-
vantage over the inferior in that in which he is superior;
and you will never