Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.

When men drink wine they are rich, they are busy, they push lawsuits, they are happy, they are friends.

How can I study from below, that which is above?

Even if you persuade me, you won’t persuade me.

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.

Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.