Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 47 (tr. Richard M. Gummere, 1917)
The book opens with
Treat those beneath you as you would want those above you to treat you
Their wordsBut this is the kernel of my advice: Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your betters.
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