sentis; his maledicis, illos odisti; levissume transfuga, neque in
hac, neque illa parte fidem habes." Hence Dio Cassius declared
that Cicero had been called a turncoat. [Greek text: kai automalos
onomazeto.]

[25] Dio Cassius, lib.xlvi., 18: [Greek text: pros haen kai autaen
toiautas epistolas grapheis oias an grapseien anaer skoptolaes
athuroglorros ... kai proseti kai to stoma auton diaballein
epecheiraese tosautae aselgeia kai akatharsia para panta ton bion
choomenos oste maede ton suggenestuton apechesthai, alla taen te
gunaika proagogeuein kai taen thugatera moicheuein.]

[26] As it happens, De Quincey specially calls Cicero a man of
conscience "Cicero is one of the very few pagan statesmen who can be
described as a thoroughly conscientious man," he says. The purport of
his illogical essay on Cicero is no doubt thoroughly hostile to the
man. It is chiefly worth reading on account of the amusing virulence
with which Middleton, the biographer, is attacked.

[27] Quintilian, lib.ii, c.5.

[28] De Finibus, lib.v., ca.xxii.: "Nemo est igitur, qui non hanc
affectionem animi probet atque laudet."

[29] De Rep., lib.vi., ca.vii: "Nihil est enim illi principi deo,
qui omnem hunc mundum regit, quod quidem in terris fiat acceptius."
Tusc. Quest., lib., ca.xxx.: "Vetat enim dominans ille in nobis
deus."

[30] De Rep., lib.vi., ca.vii.: "Certum esse in coelo definitum