Note 1213 — Chapter V · CONSULSHIP OF CÆSAR AND BIBULUS. (695.)

“Thanks to the pains I take, my popularity and my strength increase daily. I do not meddle with politics in any way—not the least. My house is crowded; my friends gather round me when I go abroad; my consulate seems to be beginning afresh. It rains protestations of attachment; and my confidence is such that at times I long for the strife, which I ought always to dread.” (Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 22.)—“Let Clodius bring his accusation. Italy will rise as one man.” (Cicero, Letters to Quintus, I. 2.)