Marcus Tullius Cicero & Servius Sulpicius Rufus

“Manius Curius, who does business at Patrae, is dear to me for many great reasons.”

“I shall not allow that the letter you wrote most charmingly and graciously to our friend Atticus, whom I saw transported…”

“I have indeed an old guest-friendship with Lyso of Patrae, a bond I think should be honored scrupulously.”

“I am on familiar terms with the Patraean physician Asclapo, whose company has been pleasant to me and whose art I have t…”

“Marcus Aemilius Avianius has respected and loved me from his earliest youth, a man who is both good and very cultured an…”

“I know T.”

“I am on very familiar terms with Lucius Cossinius, my friend and fellow tribesman; for there is a long-standing intimacy…”

“While I was already taking pleasure in my dutiful action because I remembered how carefully I had recommended to you Lys…”

“Hagesaretus of Larissa, honored with great benefits from me during my consulship, was grateful and mindful and afterward cultivated me most carefully.”

“I ask and beg you -- and I do so with all earnestness -- to protect those men of Delos who are Roman citizens or allies,…”

“You know my affection for Gaius Avianius Evander, and you understand how highly I value him.”

“CICERO TO SERVIUS, GREETINGS.”

“I do not think that the Lacedaemonians [Spartans] doubt either that they themselves, by their own authority and that of …”

“Gaius Trebatius, my close friend, wrote to say that you had asked him where I was, that you were sorry your health kept …”

“On April 28, while I was at my Cuman villa, I received your letter.”

“Many people report to me every day that you are deeply anxious and, amid the common misery, are tormented by a special sorrow of your own.”

“I accept the excuse you gave for sending me several copies of the same letter, but only to the extent that you say the n…”

“Yes, Servius, I wish, as you write, that you had been with me at the time of my terrible loss.”