"You 'd scarce expect one of my age To speak in public on the stage; And if I chance to fall below Demosthenes or Cicero, Don't view me with a critic's eye, But pass my imperfections by. Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow."

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

"Cicero said loud-bawling orators were driven by their weakness to noise, as lame men to take horse."

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

"Cicero called Aristotle a river of flowing gold, and said of Plato's Dialogues, that if Jupiter were to speak, it would be in language like theirs."

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

"After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws.""

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain