[157] De Orat. iii. 58.
[158] 'Tereus, in his wild mood and savage spirit, gazed upon her, maddened with burning passion, quite desperate; in his madness, he resolves a cursed deed.'
[159] 'Withdraw him within: for the lofty dignity of his aspect has moved my mind to compassion.'
[160] 'That man indeed we pity whose nobleness gives distinction to his misery.'
[161] 'Dost thou not know, that whatever rank fortune has assigned to a man, no meanness of station ever weakens a fine nature?'
[162] 'This was the part of a man, to bear adversity easily.'
[163] 'Though fortune could strip me of kingdom and wealth, it cannot strip me of my virtue.'
[164] 'No nature is so strong, no breast so savage, which is not shaken by words, does not melt at misfortune.'
[165] 'I trust not those augurs, who enrich the ears of others with their words, that they may enrich their own houses with gold.' There is of course a pun on the auris and auro.
[166] 'O king, what men usually do in life, what they think about, care about, see,—their pursuits and occupations, when awake,—if these occur to any one in sleep, it is not wonderful.'