96. We have also said that courtesy of
speech has great effect in winning favour. But we want it to be
sincere and sensible, without flattery, lest flattery should disgrace
the simplicity and purity of our address. We ought to be a
pattern to others not only in act but also in word, in purity, and in
faith. What we wish to be thought, such let us be; Cic. de
Off. II. 12, § 43. and let us show openly such feelings as we
have within us. Let us not say an unjust word in our heart that
we think can be hid in silence, for He hears things said in secret Who
made things secret, and knows the secrets of the heart, and has
implanted feelings within. Therefore as though under the eyes of
the Judge let us consider all we do as set forth in the light, that it
may be manifest to all.