On the side of the conqueror the gods ranged themselves.

Cato has chosen to follow the conquered.
"But surely the men were not equal.

The one in declining years, who had already changed his arms for the garb of peace, had unlearned the general in the statesman--had become wont to talk to the people, to devote himself to harangues, and to love the applause of his own theatre.

He has not cared to renew his strength, trusting to his old fortune.

There remains of him but the shadow of his great name." "The name of Caesar does not loom so large; nor is his character as a general so high.