[2] especially if they wish to have the advantage over their adversaries.[6] No, I left all these to others and devoted my own efforts to giving advice on the true interests of Athens and of the rest of the Hellenes,[7] writing in a style rich in many telling points, in contrasted and balanced phrases not a few,[8] and in the other figures of speech which give brilliance to oratory[9] and compel the approbation and applause of the audience.