fallen through. Let us console ourselves therefore with the hackneyed reflexion, "perhaps it is all for the best." But of this when we meet. Go on as you have begun—loving me and feeling certain that I love you.
VIII (F XIII, 48)
TO SEXTILIUS RUFUS (QUÆSTOR IN CILICIA[1])
Rome
I commend all the Cyprians to you, but more especially the
Paphians. Anything you can do to oblige the latter will be
regarded with great gratitude by me. I have the more
pleasure in commending them to you because I think it
will conduce to your reputation (of which I am ever a supporter),
as you are the first to enter the island as a quæstor,
if you establish precedents for others to follow. You will,
I hope, secure this with greater ease if you decide to follow
the law of your connexion Publius Lentulus[2], and the regulations
made by myself. This course I feel sure will redound
to your honour.
IX (F XII, 20)
TO QUINTUS CORNIFICIUS (IN CAMPANIA)
Rome
Your letter gave me great pleasure, except for the contempt
it expressed for my little lodge at Sinuessa[3]. This insult my