Глава 11. О благовременном употреблении слова
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These are the main good deeds, described by us not in accordance with our own greatness of virtue, but in proportion to our strength. The following virtues, which usually adorn morals, I think everyone can easily see for themselves. Such, for example, is the timely use of a word and its pronunciation for benefit. It will be useful either to talk about virtue at the right time, or to conduct speeches according to urgent and inevitable needs, or in general for the formation of listeners, and to avoid other speeches as unnecessary and useless.
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