6 surviving letters between Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Marcus Tullius Cicero, spanning 47-45 BC.
“I am extremely glad that, through Gaius Marcellus's election to the consulship, you have reaped the reward of your loyal…”
“Although I understand that you have hitherto followed a course of action which I do not dare to criticize, not because I…”
“I do not dare to advise a man of your outstanding wisdom, nor to encourage a person of the greatest spirit and singular …”
“Although only a very few days ago I gave Quintus Mucius a letter to you written at greater length, in which I declared w…”
“Although there was nothing new for me to write to you, and I was already beginning to look for a letter from you, or rat…”
“You can well believe that your authority has always carried weight with me in every matter, but especially in this business above all.”