We shall have more than enough of such eloquence before we have done our task.
When we come to the language in which Cicero spoke of Clodius, his enemy, of Piso and Gabinius, the Consuls who allowed him to be banished, and of Marc Antony, his last great opponent--the nephew of the man who was now his colleague--we shall have very much of it.

It must again be pleaded that the foul abuse which fell from other lips has not been preserved and that Cicero, therefore, must not be supposed to have been more foul mouthed than his rivals.

We can easily imagine that he was more bitter than others, because he had more power to throw into his words the meaning which he intended them to convey.
Antony was chosen as Cicero's colleague.

It seems, from such evidence as we are able to get on the subject, that Cicero trusted Antony no better than he did Catiline, but, appreciating the wisdom of the maxim, "divide et impera"-- separate your enemies and you will get the better of them, which was no doubt known as well then as now--he soon determined to use Antony as his ally against Catiline, who was presumed to reckon Antony among his fellow-conspirators.

Sallust puts into the mouth of Catiline a declaration to this effect,[149] and Cicero did use Antony for the purpose.