Libanius, Declamatio 31, ed. Richard Foerster, 45

εἰ μὲν γὰρ οἷός τε ἦν φανέντος ὀνείρατος δηλοῦντος θη- σαυροῦ τι χωρίον κατασχεῖν ἐμαυτὸν καὶ μὴ δραμεῖν ᾗπερ πρότερον, ἀπῆν ἂν δευτέρας ζημίας φόβος· εἰ δ’ ἕλκομαι μὲν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐνυπνίων καὶ τῆς ἀμείνονος γί-
νομαὶ προσδοκίας, τὰ δ’ ἴσως, ἂν ἐπιβουλεύσῃ καὶ πάλιν, ὁποῖα δὴ καὶ τὰ νῦν, πῶς οὐκ ἐσχάτης ἀνοίας κακῷ τὸ κακὸν ἐπιχειρεῖν ἰάσασθαι καὶ περιμένειν ἐχθρούς τε ὀνείρους καὶ πολέμιον νόμον;