Chapter 6

1Paul to Seneca and Lucilius Greeting . CONCERNING those things about which ye wrote to me it is not proper for me to mention anything in writing with pen and ink: the one of which leaves marks, and the other evidently declares things.
2Especially since I know that there are near you, as well as me, those who will understand my meaning.
3Deference is to be paid to all men, and so much the more, as they are more likely to take occasions of quarrelling.
4And if we show a submissive temper, we shall overcome effectually in all points, if so be they are, who are capable of seeing and acknowledging themselves to have been in the wrong. Farewell.