Great Quote from John Adams on Cicero

     Found on p. 61 of The Founders and the Classics by Carl J. Richard, a quote from John Adams in his diary in the winter of 1758 on the pleasures of reading the Latin orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero aloud:

"The Sweetness and Grandeur of his sounds, and the Harmony of his Numbers give Pleasure enough to reward the Reading of one understood none of his meaning. Besides, I find it a noble Exercise. It exercises my Lungs, raises my Spirits, opens my Porrs, quickens the Circulation, and so contributes much to Health."

Ah, Cicero! He's good for your health!