If, for example, the speaker expresses himself with facility, and speaks with a pleasant cadence, if he has the mien of an honest and intelligent man, if he is a person of quality and is followed by a great entourage, if he speaks with authority and seriousness and if others listen to him in respectful silence, if he has some reputation and contacts with minds of the first rank, in a word, if he is lucky enough to be pleasing, or to be held in esteem, he will be right in everything he proposes, and everything about him, even his collar and cuffs.