13. Let this, then, be our rule, Cic. de
Off. III. 4, § 19. so that we may never go wrong between two
things, one virtuous, the other useful. The upright man must
never think of depriving another of anything, nor must he ever wish to
increase his own advantage to the disadvantage of another. This
rule the Apostle gives thee, saying: “All things are
lawful, but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful, but
all things edify not. Let no man seek his own, but each one
another’s.” 1 Cor. x. 23, 24. That is:
Let no man seek his own advantage, but another’s; let no man seek
his own honour, but another’s. Wherefore he says in another
place: “Let each esteem other better than themselves,
looking not each one to his own things, but to the things of
others.” Phil. ii. 3, 4.