But, be it one or the other, it is to be found only in a wise man.

But there is a certain soundness of mind, which even a fool may have, when the perturbation of his mind is removed by the care and management of his physicians.

And as what is called beauty arises from an exact proportion of the limbs, together with a certain sweetness of complexion, so the beauty of the mind consists in an equality and constancy of opinions and judgments, joined to a certain firmness and stability, pursuing virtue, or containing within itself the very essence of virtue.

Besides, we give the very same names to the faculties of the mind as we do to the powers of the body, the nerves, and other powers of action.

Thus the velocity of the body is called swiftness: a praise which we ascribe to the mind, from its running over in its thoughts so many things in so short a time.
XIV.