§1.10.1cur enim tibi hoc non gratificer nescio, praesertim cum his temporibus audacia pro sapientia liceat uti Lentulo nostro egi per litteras tuo nomine gratias diligenter.
For why I should not grant you this favor, I do not know, especially since in these times one is allowed to use boldness instead of wisdom. I have carefully thanked our Lentulus by letter in your name.
sed tu velim desinas iam nostris litteris uti et nos aliquando revisas et ibi malis esse, ubi aliquo numero sis, quam istic, ubi solus sapere videare.
But I would wish you to stop relying on our letters now and visit us at last, and prefer to be in a place where you are of some account, rather than over there, where you seem to be the only wise man.
quamquam, qui istinc veniunt, partim te superbum esse dicunt, quod nihil respondeas, partim contumeliosum, quod male respondeas.
Although, those who come from there say, partly that you are arrogant because you answer nothing, partly that you are abusive because you answer badly.
sed iam cupio tecum coram iocari; qua re fac ut quam primum venias neque in Apuliam tuam accedas, ut possimus salvum venisse gaudere; nam illo si veneris, tu, ut Vlixes, cognosces tuorum neminem.
But now I long to jest with you in person; therefore, see to it that you come as soon as possible and do not go to your Apulia, so that we may be able to rejoice that you have arrived safe; for if you go there, you, like Ulysses, will recognize none of your own people.