them that he alone was strong enough to carry the load of Zeno. Once when he was reproached with cowardice, he replied, " That is why I so seldom go wrong." Again, when extolling his own manner of life above that of the wealthy, he used to say that, while they were playing at ball, he was at work digging hard and barren ground. He would often find fault with himself too, and one day when Ariston heard him doing this and asked, " Who is it you are scolding so ? " he, laughing, said, " An old man with grey hairs and no wits." To some one who declared that Arcesilaus did not do what he ought, his reply was, " No more of this ; do not censure him. For if by his words he does away with duty, he maintains it at all events by his deeds." And Arcesilaus rejoined, " I am not to be won by flattery." Whereupon Cleanthes said, " True, but my flattery consists in alleging that your theory is incompatible with your practice." When some one inquired of him what lesson he ought to give his son, Cleanthes in reply quoted words from the Electra : Silence, silence, light be thy step. A Lacedaemonian having declared that toil was a good thing, he was overjoyed and said, Thou art of gentle blood, dear child. b Dicit autem Hecato in Sententiis eum, cum adulescens quidam formosus dixisset, Si pulsans ventrem ventrizat, pulsans coxas coxizat, dixisse, Tibi habeas, adulescens, coxizationes : nempe vocabula quae conveniunt analogia non semper etiam significatione conveniunt. Once in conversation with a youth he put the question, " Do you see ? " and when the