Besides, how absurd to be sending out our youth to fortify and guard the borders of our country, and then to build a city wall, which is very unhealthy, and is apt to make people fancy that they may run there and rest in idleness, not knowing that true repose comes from labour, and that idleness is only a renewal of trouble.

If, however, there must be a wall, the private houses had better be so arranged as to form one wall; this will have an agreeable aspect, and the building will be safer and more defensible.
These objects should be attended to at the foundation of the city.

The wardens of the city must see that they are carried out; and they must also enforce cleanliness, and preserve the public buildings from encroachments.

Moreover, they must take care to let the rain flow off easily, and must regulate other matters concerning the general administration of the city.

If any further enactments prove to be necessary, the guardians of the law must supply them.
And now, having provided buildings, and having married our citizens, we will proceed to speak of their mode of life.