Ant. Custom has made it so.
Mag. Well, but now answer me this one Thing: Suppose God should grant you this Power, to be able to turn yourself and your Monks into any Sort of Animal that you had a Mind: Would you turn them into Hogs, and yourself into a Horse?
Ant. No, by no Means.
Mag. By doing so you might prevent any of them from being wiser than yourself?
Ant. It is not much Matter to me what Sort of Animals my Monks are, if I am but a Man myself.
Mag. Well, and do you look upon him to be a Man that neither has Wisdom, nor desires to have it?
Ant. I am wise enough for myself.
Mag. And so are Hogs wise enough for themselves.
Ant. You seem to be a Sophistress, you argue so smartly.
Mag. I won't tell you what you seem to me to be. But why does this Houshold-Stuff displease you?