“Because ordinary speech is apt to assert, and that frequently, that some men’s fortune is bad.”

“Shall we, then, for awhile approach more nearly to the language of the vulgar, that we may not seem to have departed too far from the usages of men?”

“At thy good pleasure,” said I.

“That which advantageth thou callest good, dost thou not?”

“Certainly.”

“And that which either tries or amends advantageth?”

“Granted.”

“Is good, then?”

“Of course.”