22. In the first
book we made our division in such a way as to set in the first place
what is virtuous and what is seemly; for all duties are derived from
these. In the second place we set what is useful. But as at
the start we said that there was a difference between what is virtuous
and what is seemly—which one can comprehend more easily than one
can explain—so also when we are thinking of what is useful, we
have to give considerable thought to what is the more useful. Cic. de
Off. II. 3.