Qui modus dandi? nam numquam tu quidem expleri potes; modo quom accepisti, haud multo post aliquid quod poscas paras. And what end to the presents? Why, you can never be sated. Now you get something, and a minute later you’re devising some new demand. _Cle._ Quid modist ductando, amando? numquamne expleri potes? modo remisisti, continuo iam ut remittam ad te rogas. 170 And what end to the taking her, to the lovey-doveying? Can you never be sated? Now you have sent her back to me, and the next instant you’re crying for me to send her back to you. _Argyr._ Dedi equidem quod mecum egisti. Well, I paid you what we agreed on. _Cle._ Et tibi ego misi mulierem: par pari datum hostimentumst, opera pro pecunia. And I let you have the girl: my policy has been fair give and take--services rendered for cash. _Argyr._ Male agis mecum. You’re using me shamefully. _Cle._ Quid me accusas, si facio officium meum? nam neque fictum usquamst neque pictum neque scriptum in poematis ubi lena bene agat cum quiquam amante, quae frugi esse volt. Why find fault with me for doing my plain duty? Why, nowhere in stone, paint, or poem is a lady in my line portrayed as using any lover well--if she wants to get on. _Argyr._ Mihi quidem te parcere aequomst tandem, ut tibi durem diu. (_appealingly_) You really ought to use me sparingly, though, so that I may last you a long time. _Cle._ Non tu scis? quae amanti parcet, eadem sibi parcet parum. quasi piscis, itidemst amator lenae: nequam est, nisi recens; is habet sucum, is suavitatem, eum quo vis pacto condias vel patinarium vel assum, verses quo pacto lubet: 180 is dare volt, is se aliquid posci, nam ibi de pleno promitur; (_coolly_) You miss the point? The lady that spares her lover spares herself too little. Lovers are the same as fish to us--no good unless they’re fresh. Your fresh ones are juicy and sweet; you can season them to taste in a stew, bake them, and turn them every way. Your fresh one wants to give you things, wants to be asked for something: in his case it all comes from a full cupboard, you see; neque ille scit quid det, quid damni faciat: illi rei studet, volt placere sese amicae, volt mihi, volt pedisequae, volt famulis, volt etiam ancillis; et quoque catulo meo subblanditur novos amator, se ut quom videat gaudeat. vera dico: ad suom quemque hominem quaestum esse aequomst callidum.