The man who is unprincipled in private life will never make a good public servant, nor will one who is of no account at home prove a man of light and leading with the embassy in Macedonia; for he has only changed his abode, not his nature.
ὁ ἰδίᾳ πονηρὸς οὐκ ἂν γένοιτο δημοσίᾳ χρηστός, οὐδ᾿ ὅστις ἐστὶν οἴκοι φαῦλος, οὐδέποτ᾿ ἦν ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ κατὰ τὴν πρέσβειαν καλὸς κἀγαθός· οὐ γὰρ τὸν τρόπον, ἀλλὰ τὸν τόπον μετήλλαξεν.
Original text (Ancient Greek)