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A Day in the Life of Pliny the Elder

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ante lucem ibat ad Vespasianum imperatorem (nam ille quoque noctibus utebatur), deinde ad officium sibi delegatum.
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ante lucem ibat ad Vespasianum imperatorem (nam ille quoque noctibus utebatur), deinde ad officium sibi delegatum.
before the light he went to Vespasian (for he also made use of the nights), and then he used to go to the office that was assigned to him.
reversus domum reliquum tempus studiis dabat.
returning home, he used to give the rest of his time to his studies.
saepe post cibum (qui veterum more interdiu levis et facilis erat) aestate, si quid otii erat, iacebat in sole, liber legebatur, adnotabat excerpebatque.
often after food (which was according to the customs of the forefathers, light and easy during the day) in the summer, if there was anything of leisure, he used to lie in the sun, a book was read, he would, make notes and extracts.
nihil enim legit quod non excerperet;
for, he read nothing which he did not make extracts from;
dicere etiam solebat nullum librum esse tam malum ut non aliqua parte prodesset.
He was even accustomed to say that there was no book so bad that it was not of use in some part