Marcus Tullius Cicero

“ I do not, by Hercules, compare all the benefits of a province with one little walk and one conversation of ours. I hope I have achieved a reputation for integrity: there was more from despising a province than there is from one kept safe. You bring up the hope for a triumph: I triumphed gloriously enough, that I was not in yearning for affairs most dear to me for so long. ”

“ To Tiro at Patrae Leucas, 7 November 50 BC Tullius and Cicero and Quintus, father and son, say the most sincere hello to the most thoughtful and excellent Tiro.
See how much sweetness is upon you. We have been at Thyrreum for two hours: our host Xenomenes likes you as much as if he has lived with you. He has promised to supply everything you should need; I think he will do it. ”

“ M. Fabius took this very seriously and thought that his brother, a man not wise, had come to this point at the instigation of Marcus’s enemies.
Now please, my Paetus, undertake the entire affair, free Fabius from this annoyance. I have need of your authority and wisdom, and even your goodwill. Don’t allow the brothers to go to court and be ruined by shameful cases. Fabius has Mato and Pollio as his enemies. What else? By Hercules, I am unable to write how happy you will have made me if you return Fabius at peace. ”