Save on expenses or settle debts

Librae autem pondus aeris imminutum bello Punico priwo, cum impensis respublica non sufficeret; constitutumque, ut asses sex-
tantariopondereferirentur. Itaquinque partes factae lucri, dissolutumque aes
alie num.

But the weight of the air was diminished in the first Punic war, when the expenses of the republic were not sufficient; and established, as six-asses
they would be weighed down. And so the profit was made, and the brass was dissolved
whether others

Reducing expenses always seems like a mostly good idea?

What is not attainable should never be sought after;

“Relief” of the poor?

money ai^d labor rest on opposite sides of the balance; the rich are debtors as far as money is concerned; the poor creditors.