“Light lie the earth, Nearchus, on thy clay,
That so the dogs may easier find their prey.”
Lucilius
ENVY
“Poor Diophon of envy died,
His brother thief to see
Nailed next to him and crucified
Upon a higher tree.”
A PROFESSOR WITH A SMALL CLASS
“Hail, Aristides, rhetoric’s great professor!
Of wondrous words we own thee the possessor.