Quintus Aurelius Symmachus → destinatário desconhecido

Whole cohorts of letters follow in the wake of your departure, and just as some people seek Athens for its schools or the gymnasiums of the Muses, so your travels attract an admiring crowd.

And I don't imagine that a man blessed with the resources of high office finds it burdensome to host friends. So feed these scholars from the wealth of your position — and expect more guests soon, now that the traditional subsidies for Rome's teachers of youth have been cut off [a reference to the withdrawal of public funding for professors].