Modestus said of Regulus that he was "the biggest rascal that walks upon two legs." - Pliny the Younger

Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye. ... We put off from time to time going and seeing what we know we have an opportunity of seeing when we please.

Si computes annos, exiguum tempus, si vices rerum, aevum putes.

There is nothing to write about, you say. Well, then, write and let me know just this,—that there is nothing to write about; or tell me in the good old style if you are well. That's right. I am quite well.