At the sound of your solemn voice, the Pythia will come down to you with her crown.

Seriously, O my friend, in what am I not the Messala I went away?
I once heard the greatest logician in the world.

His subject was Disputation.
One saying I remember--'Understand your antagonist before you answer him.' Let me understand you." The lad reddened under the cynical look to which he was subjected; yet he replied, firmly, "You have availed yourself, I see, of your opportunities; from your teachers you have brought away much knowledge and many graces.

You talk with the ease of a master, yet your speech carries a sting.

My Messala, when he went away, had no poison in his nature; not for the world would he have hurt the feelings of a friend." The Roman smiled as if complimented, and raised his patrician head a toss higher.
"O my solemn Judah, we are not at Dodona or Pytho.