He is young, irascible, bounteous as mines in Cyprus, and ready to give half his fortune for that Lygian linnet.

Just such a man have I been seeking this long time.

It is needful, however, to be on one's guard with him, for the wrinkling of his brow forebodes no good.

Ah! the wolf-whelps lord it over the world to-day! I should fear that Petronius less.

O gods! but the trade of procurer pays better at present than virtue.