Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xxviii: Whether thou speak in the Senate or whether thou speak to any particular, let...

Whether thou speak in the Senate or whether thou speak to any particular, let thy speech In always grave and modest. But thou must not openly and vulgarly observe that sound and exact form of speaking, concerning that which is truly good and truly civil; the vanity of the world, and of worldly men: which otherwise truth and reason doth prescribe.