The dirty streets, the water dripping from the aqueduct, the risk from falling tiles or household vessels, the drunken brawls in the streets, the rich man escorted home by clients and slaves with flaming torches, the danger from robbers—these and many other details of the ill regulated capital are set before us. This satire is imitated by Johnson in his _London_, which has rightly been called one of the finest modern imitations of an ancient poem, and the same author’s poem on _The Vanity of Human Wishes_ is a less accurate, though not less admirable, imitation of Juvenal’s tenth satire. The closing passage of the tenth satire, in which the poet tells what are the proper objects of prayer, is a lofty utterance of human wisdom. The most savage of all the satires is, on the other hand, the sixth, in which the crimes of women are held up to execration. It is not easy for the modern reader to enjoy Juvenal. His satires are full of allusions to unknown persons and things at Rome; they abound also in mythological references and literary reminiscences, and finally the savage tone of the earlier books is disagreeable. Yet the power of invective, the clearness and vividness of description, the variety of diction, and the beauty of versification have combined to make Juvenal a much read author. That he is also much quoted is due to the epigrammatic and pointed form of many of his phrases. _Mens sana in corpore sano_,[118] _Rara avis_,[119] _Panem et circenses_,[120] _Hoc volo, sic iubeo_,[121] _Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?_[122] are among the most familiar Latin quotations, and many other almost equally familiar expressions are derived from Juvenal. Some of these are distinguished for their significance quite as much as for their form. Such are, for instance: “_And for the sake of life give up life’s only end_”[123] and “_The greatest reverence is due a child._”[124] It is not without reason that Juvenal has exerted great influence on human thought.