§12.24.1ego nullum locum praetermitto (nec enim debeo) non modo laudandi tui sed ne ornandi quidem; sed mea studia erga te et officia malo tibi ex tuorum litteris quam ex meis esse nota.
I let no opportunity pass (for indeed I ought not to), not only of praising you, but even of honoring you; but I prefer that my devotion and services toward you be known to you from the letters of your own people rather than from mine.
te tamen hortor ut omni cura in rem p. incumbas.
Nevertheless, I exhort you to devote yourself with all care to the republic.
hoc est animi, hoc est ingeni tui, hoc eius spei quam habere debes amplificandae dignitatis tuae.
This is worthy of your spirit, this is worthy of your talent, this is worthy of that hope of amplifying your dignity which you ought to cherish.
§12.24.2sed hac de re alias ad te pluribus.
But concerning this matter, I will write to you more fully at another time.
Cum enim haec scribebam, in exspectatione erant omnia; nondum legati redierant, quos senatus non ad pacem deprecandam sed ad denuntiandum bellum miserat nisi legatorum nuntio paruisset.
For when I was writing this, everything was in suspense; the envoys had not yet returned, whom the senate had sent, not to beg for peace, but to declare war unless he should obey the message of the envoys.
ego tamen, ut primum occasio data est, meo pristino more rem p. defendi, me principem senatui populoque R. professus sum nec, postea quam suscepi causam libertatis, minimum tempus amisi tuendae salutis libertatisque communis.
I, however, as soon as an opportunity was given, defended the republic in my old manner, declaring myself a leader to the senate and the Roman people; and after I undertook the cause of liberty, I did not lose the least moment for defending the common safety and liberty.
sed haec quoque te ex aliis malo.
But these things too I prefer you to learn from others.
§12.24.3T. Pinarium, familiarissimum meum, tanto tibi studio commendo ut maiore non possim; cui cum propter omnis virtutes tum etiam propter studia communia sum amicissimus.
I recommend to you Titus Pinarius, my very close friend, with such great zeal that I could not recommend him with greater; to whom I am most friendly, both on account of all his virtues and also on account of our common pursuits.
is procurat rationes negotiaque Dionysi nostri, quem et tu multum amas et ego omnium plurimum.
He manages the accounts and business of our friend Dionysius, whom both you love much and I most of all.
ea tibi ego non debeo commendare, sed commendo tamen.
I ought not to have to recommend these matters to you, but I recommend them nevertheless.
facies igitur ut ex Pinari, gratissimi hominis, litteris tuum et erga illum et erga Dionysium studium perspiciamus.
You will see to it, therefore, that from the letters of Pinarius, a most grateful man, we may perceive your zeal both toward him and toward Dionysius.