Letter 1066: I know you value people for their character, not their rank.
Scio te non fortunarum sed meritorum habere dilectum. Romanus familiaris meus 20
aulicis etiam nunc paret ofGciis utpote sacri administer aerarii, sed instrumenta pro-
bitatis in quemvis usum publici honoris excoluit. quare dignitas illi est promiscua
cum plurimis, honestas aequa cum paucis. quod eo memorandum putavi, ut a te quo-
que pro ratione vitae non pro gradu militiae censeatur. fac periculum maximis in
negotiis, fac in seriis remissisve muneribus: reperies hominis tectam fidem patentem 25
religionem prudentiam liberam verecundiam liberalem. cui ego propterea factum volo,
ut mei testimonii fides clareat, tibi amicus limatae probitatis accedat.
LXI (LV) a. 368—383.
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