Never stop to breathe the pretty flower scents. The graves of the poor still stink. - Lindsey Davis

Petronius would take his free bread buns and run. I happened to know that since Petro had been elected to the watch he had never cast a vote. He believed a man on a public salary should be impartial. I didn’t agree but I admired him being so stubborn in his eccentricities. Aufidius Crispus would be an unusual politician if he had allowed for such morality in the voters he was courting.

But mere technical details can be worked out any time. All a hero needs is grit.

Have any sheep been seen walking out of the Library with seagoing adventurers clinging to their wool?