For his misdeeds were bringing him honors, but Nicias, because of his wealth, was the
object of plotting. For you are all aware that, at that time, it was a greater danger to
be wealthy than to engage in wrongdoing, for the evil-doers were seizing the property of
others, whereas the rich were losing their own. For it was the custom of those in whose
hands the control of the city was, not to punish those who were guilty of offenses, but to
despoil the possessors of property, and they regarded the criminals as loyal and the
wealthy as inimical.