Plato, Statesman, section 257c

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[257c] whichever you prefer to take first.

Stranger
That is the thing to do, Theodorus, since we have once begun, and we must not stop until we have finished with them. But what shall I do about Theaetetus here?

Theodorus
In what respect?

Stranger
Shall we give him a rest and take his schoolmate here, the young Socrates, in his place? What is your advice?

Theodorus
Make the change as you suggest. They are young, and if they have a chance to rest by turns, they will bear any labor better.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 12 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.

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