Mathematics Is An Obscure Field, An Abstruse

To Some Extent I Liken Slavery To Death.

Whatever You Do, Do With All Your Might.

Thou Knowest How Numerous This Tribe Is, How United And How Powerful In The Assemblies. I Will Plead In A Low Voice So That Only The Judges May Hear, For Instigators Are Not Lacking To Stir Up The Crowd Against Me, And Against All The Best Citizens. To Scorn, In The Interest Of The Republic, This Multitude Of Jews So Often Turbulent In The Assemblies Shows A Singular Strength Of Mind. The Money Is In The Treasury; They Do Not Accuse Us Of Theft; They Seek To Stir Up Hatreds.

The Gods Attend To Great Matters, They Neglect Small Ones.

When Confronted By A Hungry Wolf, It Is Unwise To Goad The Beast, As Cato Would Have Us Do. But It Is Equally Unwise To Imagine The Snarling Animal A Friend And Offer Your Hand, As Pompey Does." "perhaps You Would Have Us Climb A Tree!