Farewell.


1.XVII.--TO CORNELIUS TITIANUS.

Faith and loyalty are not yet extinct among men: there are still those
to be found who keep friendly remembrances even of the dead. Titinius
Capito has obtained permission from our Emperor to erect a statue of
Lucius Silanus in the Forum. It is a graceful and entirely praiseworthy
act to turn one's friendship with a sovereign to such a purpose, and to
use all the influence one possesses to obtain honours for others. But
Capito is a devoted hero-worshipper; it is remarkable how religiously
and enthusiastically he regards the busts of the Bruti, the Cassii, and
the Catos in his own house, where he may do as he pleases in this
matter. He even composes splendid lyrics on the lives of all the most
famous men of the past. Surely a man who is such an intense admirer of
the virtue of others must know how to exemplify a crowd of virtues in
his own person. Lucius Silanus quite deserved the honour that has been
paid to him, and Capito in seeking to immortalise his memory has
immortalised his own quite as much. For it is not more honourable and
distinguished to have a statue of one's own in the Forum of the Roman
People than to be the author of some one else's statue being placed
there. Farewell.


1.XVIII.--TO SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS.

You say in your letter that you have been troubled by a dream, and are
afraid lest your suit should go against you. So you ask me to try and
get it postponed, and that I will have to put it off for a few days, or