Letter 223: Your last letter was short, but I treasured it nonetheless.

To Polychronius. (360) Once again I send you the customary gifts: a worthy man who is being maligned by slanderers and stands in need of help. You, for your part, will both receive him gently and put an end to his distress, and show him to be superior to his enemies in the contest. And you have made me a prophet of two things: of those purposes you always choose, and of your adding deeds to your capacity to do so. You will suppose, then, that you are granting the favor to me alone, but the favor will be received by every man whose reputation rests upon eloquence.

Πολυχρονίῳ. (360) Πάλιν ἐγώ σοι τὰ εἰωθότα δῶρα πέμπω, χρηστὸν ἄνδρα συκογαντούμενον χρῄζοντα βοηθείας, σὺ δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ δέξῃ πρᾴως καὶ παύσεις τεταραγμένον καὶ δείξεις τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀγῶνος κρείττονα. μάντιν δέ με πεποίηκας δυοῖν, οἷς τε ἀεὶ προαιρῇ τῷ τε ἔχειν προστιθέναι τὰ ἔργα. οἰήσῃ μὲν οὖν ἐμοὶ χαρίζεσθαι μόνῳ, λήψεται δὲ τὴν χάριν ἅπας ὅτῳ διὰ λόγων ἡ δόξα.