DE CIVILITATE MORVM ON THE CIVILITY OF MANNERS

...and not of honorable boys, whom it becomes to put on their sleeves and togas decently: not as if they were to perform an ancient tragedy and drag long syrmata long tragic robes.

X.
For whom is it suitable to slash garments or to wear patterned ones? The former is for the insane, the latter for apes and fools.

XI.
Is it a matter of civility, if you have received a rather elegant garment from your parents, to show it off everywhere and to contemplate yourself with turned-back eyes in admiration? By no means: for the one is a sign of the most vain fops, and of those who reproach others with their own poverty: the other is for horned cattle and stupid peacocks. Therefore, the greater your fortune may be, the more excellent and lovable your modesty should be.

What is a boy fittingly to do in the temple when sacred rites are performed? He will compose his entire bodily posture toward religion; he will direct his face to the altar and the nerves of his mind to Christ.