You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?
No choice maxims - we Stoics don't practice that kind of window dressing.
That which takes effect by chance is not an art.
Who has more leisure than a worm?
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.