Advice To An Office Holder

Ἡ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐξουσία, εἰ μὴ κέκραται ἡμερότητι, καὶ ἐπανθεὶ αὐτῇ ἡ Θεῷ δεικονοῦσα προσήνεια, ἀπόνοιά ἐστι μᾶλλον καὶ ἀγριότης. Εἰ δὲ τῷ πράῳ μιγείη, καὶ τούτω ἰθύνει τὸ δικαιον, καὶ εὐθύτης ἐστὶ καὶ χρηστότης καὶ ὁδὸς εὐνομίας, καὶ πραγμάτων γαλήνη. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ MZ' Νεμεσιῳ Ἀρχοντι Source: Migne PG 78.212b

The power of office, if it is not founded on meekness, which service, showing mildness, blooms sweetly before God, is rather senselessness and savagery. But if you have gentleness in your administration and by it you govern justly and with moderation, then there is integrity and kindness, then there is the way of equity and the tranquility of things. Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 47, to the Officer Nemesius