husbandman should stow away[10] together in one place wheat and barley
and pulse, and by and by when he has need of barley meal, or wheaten
flour, or some condiment of pulse,[11] then he must pick and choose
instead of laying his hand on each thing separately sorted for use.

[9] See Thuc. iii. 77. 2.

[10] "Should shoot into one place."

[11] "Vegetable stock," "kitchen." See Holden ad loc., and Prof.
Mahaffy, "Old Greek Life," p. 31.

"And so with you too, my wife, if you would avoid this confusion, if
you would fain know how to administer our goods, so as to lay your
finger readily on this or that as you may need, or if I ask you for
anything, graciously to give it me: let us, I say, select and
assign[12] the appropriate place for each set of things. This shall be
the place where we will put the things; and we will instruct the
housekeeper that she is to take them out thence, and mind to put them
back again there; and in this way we shall know whether they are safe
or not. If anything is gone, the gaping space will cry out as if it
asked for something back.[13] The mere look and aspect of things will
argue what wants mending;[14] and the fact of knowing where each thing
is will be like having it put into one's hand at once to use without
further trouble or debate."

[12] {dokimasometha}, "we will write over each in turn, as it were,
'examined and approved.'"

[13] Lit. "will miss the thing that is not."