21 surviving letters between Marcus Tullius Cicero and Marcus Tullius Tiro, spanning 47 BC.
“I thought I could bear missing you a little more easily, but I simply cannot.”
“I cannot, and do not wish to, put in writing how I feel.”
“We stayed one day at Alyzia, from where we had given you a letter before, because Quintus had not caught up with us.”
“Your letter moved me in different directions.”
“See what charm you have over people.”
“This is the third letter I have written to you on the same day, more to keep up my practice, since I had found someone t…”
“This is now the seventh day that we have been held at Corcyra, while Quintus and his son are at Buthrotum.”
“We left you, as you know, on November 2.”
“Of course I want you to come to me, but I am afraid of the journey for you.”
“Although I miss the service of your work everywhere, I grieve at your illness not so much for my sake as for yours.”
“You can judge the danger in which my own safety, the safety of all loyal citizens, and the whole republic now stand from…”
“I will think you have given me everything I could ask if I see you in good health.”
“Andricus came to me a day later than I expected, and so I spent a night full of fear and misery.”
“Aegypta came to me on April 12.”
“I see what you are up to: you want your letters too to be collected into volumes.”
“Well then?”
“I await your letter on many matters, but I await you yourself much more.”
“Your health troubles me, so help me; but I am confident that if you apply the care you have begun, you will soon be strong.”
“From your letter I hope that you are better, and I certainly wish it; do you take pains to attend to this end by every m…”
“Do finish the tax declaration if you can, though this money is of a kind that does not really need a declaration.”
“Although I sent Harpalus this morning, still, since I had someone to whom I could safely give a letter, I wanted to writ…”