a short, sententious, and instructive remark, pronounced by a person of distinguished character. Such is that of Cyrus: He is unworthy to be a magistrate, who is not better than his subjects. Or this: He that will not take care of his own business, will be forced to take care of that of others. Or that of Artaxerxes Mnemon, when reduced to hunger by the loss of his baggage: How much pleasure have I hitherto lived a stranger to? Or that of Cato, Homines nihil agendo discent male agere. Or, finally, that of Augustus, Festina lente. The apophthegms of Plutarch are well known.