[85]. Parad. 6.

[86]. It is not probable that Cicero wronged his creditors like Milo, who only gave them 4 per cent. When he left Rome after the death of Caesar, Cicero wrote to Atticus that the money that was owing him would suffice to pay his debts; but as at that moment money was scarce and debtors held off, he ordered him to sell his goods, if necessary, and added: “Consult only my reputation.” Ad Att. xvi. 2.

[87]. Ad fam. ix. 26: Me nihil istorum ne juvenem quidem movit unquam.

[88]. Pro Caelio, 19.

[89]. Dio Cass. xlvi. 18.

[90]. Ad fam. xiii. 72.

[91]. Ad Att. xiv. 19.

[92]. Ibid. xiii. 21.

[93]. Ad fam. ix. 15: on attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, romani veteres atque urbani sales.

[94]. Plut. Cic. 8.