Syr. “By this you are not squandering your money only, but your reputation.”
Dem. May he be preserved to me! I trust he will be like his forefathers. (Weeping.)
Syr. (aside.) Heyday!
Dem. Syrus, he is full of these maxims.
Syr. (aside.) Strange, indeed! He had the means at home of learning them.
Dem. I do every thing I can; I spare no pains; I train him up to it: in fine, I bid him look into the lives of men, as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself. Do this, I say——
Syr. Quite right.
Dem. Avoid that——
Syr. Very shrewd.
Dem. This is praiseworthy——