De Virtutibus (grc) (eng)

57 Since he did not yet trust himself, he prays and implores God, who watches over the invisible^{1Alongside "invisible," ἀόρατος can also mean "inexperienced". The translation assumes an etymological wordplay between ἔφορος ("overseer") and ἀόρατος ("invisible"): God alone can see the invisible soul of a person and know his or her mind.} soul and who alone is capable of judging a person's mind rightly, to select the one most suited for leadership due to virtue, (a person) who will care for his subjects like a father. And while he stretches his pure and, as one might say in a rather metaphorical sense, virginal hands toward heaven, he says: