twelve servants who had done nothing all the day would not exert themselves at night either, but laid themselves on the grass and boasted of their idleness. the first said, "what is your laziness to me, i have to concern myself about mine own? the care of my body is my principal work, i eat not a little and drink still more. when i have had four meals, i fast a short time until i feel hunger again, and that suits me best. to rise betimes is not for me; when it is getting near mid-day, i already seek out a resting-place for myself. if the master call, i do exactly as if i had not heard him, and if he call for the second time, i wait awhile before i get up, and go to him very slowly.