Letter 5: You spoke ill of us, and we spoke well of you -- but no one will believe either of us.

So is this a law for governors now -- that they must not write to their friends simply because they are governing?

I am sending you what you asked for, though not without misgivings.

I received your letter with great pleasure, and the pleasure was doubled by its length -- for you are one of the few...

You ask whether I still remember you.

If it were proper to send you something lesser, I would have sent it already.