De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
ex eis enim fontibus, unde ad omnia ornamenta dicendi praecepta sumuntur, licebit etiam laudationem ornare neque illa elementa desiderare, quae ut nemo tradat, quis est qui nesciat, quae sint in homine laudanda? Positis enim eis rebus, quas Crassus in illius orationis suae, quam contra conlegam censor habuit, principio dixit: quae natura aut fortuna darentur hominibus, in eis rebus se vinci posse animo aequo pati; quae ipsi sibi homines parare possent, in eis rebus se pati non posse vinci; qui laudabit quempiam, intelleget exponenda sibi esse fortunae bona;
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ea sunt generis, pecuniae, propinquorum, amicorum, opum, valetudinis, formae, virium, ingeni et ceterarum rerum, quae sunt aut corporis aut extraneae; si habuerit, bene rebus eis usum; si non habuerit, sapienter caruisse; si amiserit, moderate tulisse; deinde, quid sapienter is, quem laudet, quid liberaliter, quid fortiter, quid iuste, quid magnifice, quid pie, quid grate, quid humaniter, quid denique cum aliqua virtute aut fecerit aut tulerit: haec et quae sunt eius generis facile videbit, qui volet laudare; et qui vituperare, contraria.'
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