Dionysius used to make fun of the grammarians who are at pains to inquire about the troubles of Ulysses and are ignorant of their own; the musicians who attune their flutes and do not attune their morals; the orators who study to talk justice, not to do it.
If our soul does not go at a better gait, if we do not have sounder judgement for all our learning, I had just as lief my student had spent his time playing tennis: at least his body would be the blither.