Apart from this, it is reasonable to suppose that Thrasyllus, more than anyone else, was
 friendly toward those whose claims are based upon a testamentary gift. For he himself
 learned his art from Polemaenetus the soothsayer, and received his fortune, not through
 family relationship but through merit; surely, therefore, he would not complain if a man
 who had acted honorably toward his children should be regarded as deserving of the same
 reward as himself.