Avunculus Meus translation pg 19-20

Ante lucem ibat ad Vespasinum imperatorem (nam ille quoque noctibus utebatur), Deinde ad officium sibi delegatum.

Before dawn, he used to go to the emperor Vespasian (for he also used the nights), then to the duty assigned to him.

Reversus domum reliquum tempus studiis dabat.

Having returned home, he would allot the rest of the time to his studies.

Saepe post civum (qui veterum more interdiu levis et facilis erat), aestate,

Often after food (which, after the custom of his forefathers during the day was light and easy on the stomach), in summertime,

Si quid otii erat, iacebat in sole, liber legebatur, adnotabat excerpebatque.

If there was any free time, he would lie in the sun, a book would be read, he would make notes and take extracts from it.

Dicere etiam solebat nullum librum esse tam malum ut non aliqua parte prodesset.

For he read nothing from which he would not take extracts; indeed, if he used to say that no book was so bad that it was not useful in some part.

Post solem plerumque aqua frigida lavabatur, deinde gustabat dormiebatque minimum;

After sunbathing, he generally bathed in cold water, then had a snack, and slept for a very short time.

Mox quasi alio die studebat in cenae tempus.

Soon afterwards, as if it were on another day, he would study till dinnertime.

Super cenam liber legebatur adnotabatur, et quidem cursim.

Over dinner, a book would be read and notes taken, but hastily.