102. Men of the world give many further rules about the way to speak, Cic. de Off. I. 37. which I think we may pass over; as, for instance, the way jesting should be conducted. Cic. de Off. I. 29, § 103. For though at times jests may be proper and pleasant, yet they are unsuited to the clerical life. For how can we adopt those things which we do not find in the holy Scriptures?