The Republic, by Plato. Part I.
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The Inference of Justice
When you want a deposit to be kept safely, then justice is useful. But when you want to use it, then the art of the vine dresser. And so, of all other things, justice is useful when they are useless and useless when they are useful. Then justice is not good for much. It's not he who can best strike a blow in a boxing match or in any kind of fighting best able to ward off a blow. Certainly. He who is most skillful in preventing or escaping from a disease is best able to create one. That I suppose is to be inferred. If the just man is good at keeping money, he is good at stealing it. True.
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