(This is why all those who contrary to reason either are mastered by or pursue one of the objects which are naturally noble and good, eg those who busy themselves more than they ought about honour or about children and parents for these too are goods, and those who busy themselves about them are praised; but yet there is an excess even in them if like Niobe one were to fight even against the gods, or were to be as much devoted to one's father as Satyrus nicknamed 'the filial', who was thought to be very silly on this point.)