Cael. 7.1Itaque ā maledictīs impudīcitiae ad coniūrātiōnis invidiam ōrātiō est vestra dēlapsa.And so your speech slipped from abuse about unchastity to stirring up ill will over the conspiracy. Cael. 7.1Posuistis enim, atque id tamen titubanter et strictim, coniūrātiōnis hunc propter amīcitiam Catilīnae participem fuisse;For you alleged — and that hesitantly and in passing — that he had been a party to the conspiracy because of his friendship with Catiline; Cael. 7.1in quō nōn modo crīmen nōn haerēbat sed vix disertī adulēscentis cohaerēbat ōrātiō.and here not only did the charge not stick, but the eloquent young man's speech scarcely held together. Cael. 7.1Quī enim tantus furor in Caeliō, quod tantum aut in mōribus nātūrāque volnus aut in rē atque fortūnā?For what such madness was there in Caelius, what wound so great either in his character and nature or in his affairs and fortune? Cael. 7.1ubi dēnique est in istā suspīciōne Caelī nōmen audītum?where, in short, was Caelius' name ever heard in connection with that suspicion? Cael. 7.1Nimium multa dē rē minimē dubiā loquor;I am saying too much about a matter not in the least doubtful; Cael. 7.1hoc tamen dīcō.yet this I do say.
Cael. 7.1Nōn modo sī socius coniūrātiōnis, sed nisi inimīcissimus istīus sceleris fuisset, numquam coniūrātiōnis accūsātiōne adulēscentiam suam potissimum commendāre voluisset.Not only if he had been an accomplice in the conspiracy, but unless he had been the bitterest enemy of that crime, he would never have chosen to commend his youth above all by an accusation concerning the conspiracy. Cael. 7.16Quod haud sciō an dē ambitū et dē crīminibus istīs sodālium ac sequestrium, quoniam hūc incidī, similiter respondendum putem.And I am inclined to think that the same answer should be given about bribery and those charges about clubs and agents, since I have come upon that subject. Cael. 7.16Numquam enim tam Caelius āmēns fuisset ut, sī sēsē istō īnfīnītō ambitū commaculāsset, ambitūs alterum accūsāret, neque eius factī in alterō suspīciōnem quaereret cuius ipse sibi perpetuam licentiam optāret, nec, sī sibi semel perīculum ambitūs subeundum putāret, ipse alterum iterum ambitūs crīmine arcesseret.For Caelius would never have been so mad that, if he had stained himself with that boundless bribery, he would accuse another of bribery, or seek to cast suspicion on another for a deed which he wished to be free to do himself for ever, or, if he thought he would once have to face the danger of a bribery charge, would himself prosecute another for bribery a second time.
Cael. 7.16Quod quamquam nec sapienter et mē invītō facit, tamen est eius modī cupiditās ut magis īnsectārī alterīus innocentiam quam dē sē timidē cōgitāre videātur.And although he does this neither wisely nor with my approval, yet his eagerness is of such a kind that he seems rather to be hounding another's innocence than to be thinking timidly about himself. Cael. 7.17Nam quod aes aliēnum obiectum est, sūmptūs reprehēnsī, tabulae flāgitātae, vidēte quam pauca respondeam.As for the charges of debt, the criticism of his expenses, the demand for his account books, see how briefly I reply. Cael. 7.17Tabulās quī in patris potestāte est nūllās cōnficit.A man who is in his father's power keeps no accounts. Cael. 7.17Versūram numquam omnīnō fēcit ūllam.He has never taken out any loan at all to pay off a debt. Cael. 7.17Sūmptus ūnīus generis obiectus est, habitātiōnis;Expenditure of one kind has been charged against him, on his lodging; Cael. 7.17trīgintā mīlibus dīxistis habitāre.you said that he paid thirty thousand in rent. Cael. 7.17Nunc dēmum intellegō P. Clōdī īnsulam esse vēnālem, cuius hic in aediculīs habitat decem, ut opīnor, mīlibus.Now at last I understand that Publius Clodius' apartment block is for sale, in some little rooms of which he lives for ten thousand, I believe.
Cael. 7.17Vōs autem dum illī placēre voltis, ad tempus eius mendācium vestrum accommodāvistis.But you, in your wish to please him, have suited your lie to his convenience. Cael. 7.18Reprehendistis ā patre quod sēmigrārit.You found fault with him for moving away from his father. Cael. 7.18Quod quidem in hāc aetāte minimē reprendendum est.That, indeed, is not at all to be faulted at his age. Cael. 7.18Quī cum et ex pūblicā causā iam esset mihi quidem molestam, sibi tamen glōriōsam victōriam cōnsecūtus et per aetātem magistrātūs petere posset, nōn modo permittente patre sed etiam suādente ab eō sēmigrāvit et, cum domus patris ā forō longē abesset, quō facilius et nostrās domus obīre et ipse ā suīs colī posset, condūxit in Palātiō nōn magnō domum.When he had already won a victory in a public case, unwelcome indeed to me but glorious for himself, and was old enough to stand for magistracies, he moved away from his father not only with his permission but even at his urging; and since his father's house was far from the forum, so that he might more easily visit our houses and be courted by his own friends, he rented a house on the Palatine at no great price.