Distinguish between those loyal or those who flatter

Distinguish between those who artfully flatter and those who loyally serve you, that the base may not fare better than the good. Isocrates. To Nicocles. Speech 2. Section 28.

Image: The panel shows a mistress at her morning toilette, served by 4 female slaves. Two women dress her hair, while the third holds a round mirror and the fourth brings a jug of water. All the women wear long-sleeved tunics, but the mistress also wears a palla bordered with a fringe, 220 CE photographed by Carole Raddato at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, Germany.