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“And yet,” said one of the men, “although he is such an excellent fellow, you don't kiss him as you do your relatives?”

And the homely man answered this and said: “No, by Zeus, for he is not fond of hard work; for if he wished to kiss me, that would be an ample substitute for all his drill-work.”

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