Add cleanness that aye cleanlier showsA bum than salt-pot cleanlier,Nor ten times cack'st in total year,And harder 'tis than pebble or beanWhich rubbed in hand or crumbled, e'enOn finger ne'er shall make unclean.Such blessings (Furius !) such a prizeNever belittle nor despise;Hundred sesterces seek no moreWith wonted prayer—enow's thy store!
TO JUVENTIUS CONCERNING THE CHOICE OF A FRIENDO of Juventian youths the flowret fairNot of these only, but of all that wereOr shall be, coming in the coming years,Better waste Midas' wealth (to me appears)On him that owns nor slave nor money-chest