And to what party in the hippodrome dost thou belong ?" "To the Greens." "Now I am perfectly at rest, especially since thou hast a large property indeed, though thou art not so rich as Pallas or Seneca.

For seest thou, with us at present it is well to write verses, to sing to a lute, to declaim, and to compete in the Circus; but better, and especially safer, not to write verses, not to play, not to sing, and not to compete in the Circus.

Best of all, is it to know how to admire when Bronzebeard admires.

Thou art a comely young man; hence Poppaea may fall in love with thee.

This is thy only peril.