115. What duty connected with the chief
virtues was wanting in these men? Cic. de
Off. I. 5. In the
first place they showed prudence, which is exercised in the search of
the truth, and which imparts a desire for full knowledge; next,
justice, which assigns each man his own, does not claim
another’s, and disregards its own advantage, so as to guard the
rights of all; thirdly, fortitude, which both in warfare and at home is
conspicuous in greatness of mind and distinguishes itself in the
strength of the body; fourthly, temperance, which preserves the right
method and order in all things that we think should either be done or
said.