Cast not the children's provision to the dogs. Talk not on moral or religious subjects before persons of loose manners, who are disposed to ridicule every thing that is grave and serious; neither enter into arguments with persons who are obstinate, or ignorant; who are either incapable of understanding, or predetermined not to adopt what you advise.

Quicker than boiling asparagus, was frequently in the mouth of the Emperor Augustus, when he wished any business to be executed speedily, the asparagus requiring to be boiled only a few minutes; or Aphya ad ignem, a kind of salted fish, which in dressing it, required only to be shewn the fire.