As to his own religious views, I shall say something in a future chapter.
Then in a passage most beautiful for its language, though it is hardly in accordance with our idea of the manner in which a man should speak of himself, he explains his own ambition: "For all which, my fellow-countrymen, I ask for no other recompense, no ornament or honor, no monument but that this day may live in your memories.

It is within your breasts that I would garner and keep fresh my triumph, my glory, the trophies of my exploits.

No silent, voiceless statue, nothing which can be bestowed upon the worthless, can give me delight.

Only by your remembrance can my fortunes be nurtured--by your good words, by the records which you shall cause to be written, can they be strengthened and perpetuated.

I do think that this day, the memory of which, I trust, may be eternal, will be famous in history because the city has been preserved, and because my Consulship has been glorious."[207] He ends the paragraph by an allusion to Pompey, admitting Pompey to a brotherhood of patriotism and praise.