Letter 542: If I write something complimentary about Themistius [one of Libanius's students], you will show the letter to...

You have no idea, my dear Heortius, how many illnesses have hit me, how severe they've been, or how long they've...

I am still writing to you while you are away.

You write seldom, and your letters are short, either because you shrink from writing or from avoiding the satiety that comes from excess; or perhaps to train yourself to curt speech. I, indeed, am never satisfied and however abundant be your communication, it is less than my desire, because I wish to know every detail about you. How are you as t...

Rumour, messenger of good news, is continually reporting how you dart across, like the stars, appearing now here, now there, in the barbarian regions; now supplying the troops with provisions, now appearing in gorgeous array before the emperor. I pray God that your doings may prosper as they deserve, and that you may achieve eminent success. I p...

Not only do I write to you, but I demand payment in kind.