Then again he speaks of himself in words so grand that it is impossible but to sympathize with him: "Let Scipio's name be glorious--he by whose wisdom and valor Hannibal was forced out of Italy.

Let Africanus be praised loudly, who destroyed Carthage and Numantia, the two cities which were most hostile to Rome.

Let Paulus be regarded as great--he whose triumph that great King Perses adorned.

Let Marius be held in undying honor, who twice saved Italy from foreign yoke.

Let Pompey be praised above all, whose noble deeds are as wide as the sun's course.