"The lot of princes," he remarked, "was very miserable, for no one-believed them
					when they discovered a conspiracy, until they were murdered." When he had
					leisure, he amused himself with dice, even on days that were not festivals, and
					in the morning. He went to the bath early, and made a plentiful dinner, insomuch
					that he seldom ate more at supper than a .Martian apple, This favourite apple, mentioned by Columella and Pliny, took its name from
						C. Matius, a Roman knight, and friend of Augustus, who first introduced it.
						Pliny tells us that Matius was also the first who brought into vogue the
						practice of clipping groves. to which he added a draught of wine, out
					of a small flask. He gave frequent and splendid entertainments, but they were
					soon over, for he never prolonged them after sunset, and indulged in no revel
					after. For, till bed-time, he did nothing else but walk by himself in
					private.