si eligimus humilem, vocatur abiectus: si proferimus erectum, superbire censetur; si minus institutum, propter imperitiam creditur inridendus: si aliquatenus doctum, propter scientiam clamatur inflatus; si severum, tamquam crudelis horretur: si indulgentem, facilitate culpatur; si simplicem, despicitur ut brutus: si acrem, vitatur ut calidus; si diligentem, superstitiosus decernitur: si remissum, neglegens iudicatur; si sollertem, cupidus: si quietum, pronuntiatur ignavus; si abstemium producimus, avarus accipitur: si eum qui prandendo pascat, edacitatis impetitur: si eum qui pascendo ieiunet, vanitatis arguitur.
If we choose a humble man he is termed spiritless, if we bring forward a self-reliant man he is deemed arrogant; if a man of small education, he is thought a laughing-stock because of his ignorance, but if a man of some learning, he is declared conceited on account of his knowledge; if strict, he is abhorred as cruel, if indulgent, he is blamed for laxity; if guileless, he is scorned as stupid; if energetic, he is avoided as a hot-head; if he is careful, he is regarded as finicking; if placid, he is considered negligent; if resourceful, he is thought self-seeking; if quiet, he is declared to be listless; if we present an abstemious person, he is made out to be greedy; if the kind of man who enjoys food and hospitably entertains, he is taxed with gluttony; if he hospitably entertains but himself fasts, he is charged with ostentation
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