[2269]. “Publius Scipio, Laelius and Furius, three of the most distinguished noblemen at that day in Rome, were of so little service to him, that he could scarcely procure a lodging through their patronage.”
[2270]. Prov. xix. 7. “Though he be instant, yet they will not.”
[2271]. Petronius.
[2272]. Non est qui doleat vicem, ut Petrus Christum, jurant se hominem non novisse.
[2273]. Ovid, in Trist.
[2274]. Horat.
[2275]. Ter. Eunuchus, act. 2.
[2276]. Quid quod materiam praebet causamque jocandi: Si toca sordida sit, Juv. Sat. 2.
[2277]. Hor.
[2278]. In Phaenis.