Against Julian 4.3.19

The origin of every virtue lies in the rational soul. All the dispositions through which we are good, either fruitfully or fruitlessly, have their foundation in our mind: prudence, justice, self-control, and courage. Although the power of these dispositions is naturally present in everyone, it does not hasten toward the same goal in everyone. Instead, according to the judgment of the will whose direction they obey, they are directed either toward eternal things or toward temporary things. When this happens, they differ neither in what they are nor in what they do, but only in what they deserve. They therefore cannot suffer any loss of their name or their kind; they are simply enriched by the greatness of the reward they sought, or disappointed by its smallness.