[35] Pro Plancio, 24.
[36] De Orat. iii. 58.
[37] '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.'
[38] 'Withdraw him within: for the lofty dignity of his aspect has moved my mind to compassion.'
[39] 'That man indeed we pity whose nobleness gives distinction to his misery.'
[40] 'Dost thou not know, that whatever rank fortune has assigned to a man, no meanness of station ever weakens a fine nature?'
[41] 'This was the part of a man, to bear adversity easily.'
[42] 'Though fortune could strip me of kingdom and wealth, it cannot strip me of my virtue.'
[43] 'No nature is so strong, no breast so savage, which is not shaken by words, does not melt at misfortune.'
[44] '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.