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De Brevitate Vitae XVIII.IIIb, Seneca Tu quidem orbis terrarum rationes administras tam abstinenter quam alienas, tam diligenter quam tuas, tam religiose quam publicas. In officio amorem consequeris, in quo odium uitare difficile est; sed tamen, mihi crede, satius est uitae suae rationem quam frumenti publici nosse. You indeed manage [administer] the accounts [invoices] of the circle of lands as scrupulously as foreign [things], as carefully [diligently] as your [own things], as religiously as public [things]. You will follow [after] love in duty [office], in which it is difficult to avoid hatred; but yet, believe me, it is better to learn [know] the account [invoice] of one’s life than of public grain [food supply].