Book III, Epigram 5 (Ker)

Now you purpose hurrying to the city without me, little book, do you wish to be recommended to many, or will one be enough? One will be enough, believe me, one to whom you will be no stranger, Julius, a name perpetually in my mouth. Right before you, just at the very threshold of the Covered Way, you must look for him; he now occupies the house which Daphnis occupied. He has a wife who with hand and heart will welcome you, however dusty you arrive. Whether you see them both at once, or her or him first, you will say this: "Marcus sends greeting/' and it is enough. A letter may recommend others: he errs who thinks he should be recommended to his friends.