Nevertheless the practice is not very safe at present, especially in Rome. One who adopts it, I need not say, ought not to carry it out in an obscure corner, but boldly accost, if occasion serve, some personage of rank or wealth.
“Can you tell me, sir, to whose care you entrust your horses?”
“I can.”
“Is it to the first comer, who knows nothing about them?”
“Certainly not.”
“Well, what of the man who takes care of your gold, your silver or your raiment?”
“He must be experienced also.”
“And your body—have you ever considered about entrusting it to any one’s care?”
“Of course I have.”
“And no doubt to a person of experience as a trainer, a physician?”