"I consider that part of me which lies within this golden fillet as the best that I have, and I exercise my wits on the minutest and subtlest questions just as I would try the strength of my arms against the sturdiest athletes.

I flung five into the sand the last time I did so, and they quake now when they see me enter the gymnasium of Timagetes.

There would be no strength in the world if there were no obstacles, and no man would know that he was strong if he could meet with no resistance to overcome.

I for my part seek such exercises as suit my idiosyncrasy, and if they are not to your taste I cannot help it.

If you were to set these excellently dressed crayfish before a fine horse he would disdain them, and could not understand how foolish men could find anything palatable that tasted so salt.