 Assent is up to us and under our control, and assent is the cause of our actions. Therefore, our actions are attributable to us, and we are rightly held responsible for them. I do not control whether I am healthy, although I can aim at maintaining my health. I do not control whether other people hurl insults at me, but it is up to me whether I react angrily when I am insulted. What we do is controlled by our will and intellect, and the misdeeds of bad people can rightly be attributed to their own vice (Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 7.2.6–13, LS 62D).