一個人的能力與心靈不可能不同調，如果他的心靈有條理、認真且嚴謹，他的能力也一定不錯且明智。相反的，當其中一方沉倫，另一方也會被玷污。A man’s ability cannot possibly be of one sort and his soul of another. If his soul be well-ordered, serious and restrained, his ability also is sound and sober. Conversely, when the one degenerates, the other is contaminated.

A man’s ability cannot possibly be of one sort and his soul of another. If his soul be well-ordered, serious and restrained, his ability also is sound and sober. Conversely, when the one degenerates, the other is contaminated.
— Seneca, Philosopher