And, fellow-citizens, do you know why?
I'll tell you.

He's afraid of sticking fast everywhere, even in his speech." Here Philostratus lowered his voice, for the phrase "sticking fast" had drawn a laugh from some of his hearers; but Dion, whose father had really amassed, in the high position of a receiver of taxes, the handsome fortune which his son possessed, did not delay his reply.
"Yes, yes," he retorted scornfully, "yonder Syrian babbler hit the mark this time.

He stands before me, and who does not easily stick fast when marsh and mire are so near?
As for the hyacinthine purple cloak, I wear it because I like it.

His crocus-yellow one is less to my taste, though he certainly looks fine enough in it in the sunlight.

It shines like a buttercup in the grass.