baths, somebody inquired if many men were bathing. He said, No. But to another who asked if there was a great crowd of bathers, he said, Yes. Plato had denned Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, " Here is Plato's man." In consequence of which there was added to the definition, " having broad nails." To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, If a rich man, when you will ; if a poor man, when you can." At Megara he saw the sheep protected by leather jackets, while the children went bare. " It's better," said he, " to be a Megarian's ram than his son." a To one who had brandished a beam at him and then cried, " Look out," he replied, " What, are you intending to strike me again ? " He used to call the demagogues the lackeys of the people and the crowns awarded to them the efflorescence of fame. He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, " I am looking for a man." One day he got a thorough drenching where he stood, and, when the bystanders pitied him, Plato said, if they really pitied him, they should move away, alluding to his vanity. When some one hit him a blow with his fist, Heracles," said he, how came I to forget to put on a helmet when I walked out ? " Further, when Meidias assaulted him and went on to say, " There are 3000 drachmas to your credit," the next day he took a pair of boxing-gauntlets, gave him a thrashing and said, " There are 3000 blows to your credit." We are reminded of what Augustus said when he heard of the execution of Antipater, " It is better to be Herod's pig than his son."