[4529]. De sale geniali, l. 3. c. 15.

[4530]. Theod. Prodromus, amor. lib. 3.

[4531]. Similitudo morum parit amicitiam.

[4532]. Vives 3. de anima.

[4533]. Qui simul fecere naufragium, aut una pertulere vincula vel consilii conjurationisve societate junguntur, invicem amant: Brutum et Cassium invicem infensos Caesarianus dominatus conciliavit. Aemilius Lepidus et Julius Flaccus, quum essent inimicissimi, censores renunciati simultates illico deposuere. Scultet. cap. 4. de causa amor.

[4534]. Papinius.

[4535]. Isocrates demonico praecipit ut quum alicujus amicitiam vellet illum laudet, quod laus initium amoris sit, vituperatio simultatum.

[4536]. Suspect, lect. lib. 1. cap. 2.

[4537]. “The priest of wisdom, perpetual dictator, ornament of literature, wonder of Europe.”

[4538]. “Oh incredible excellence of genius, &c., more comparable to gods' than man's, in every respect, we venerate your writings on bended knees, as we do the shield that fell from heaven.”