During my own consulship, when you were my fellow-counsellors, we consulted respecting the treaty of Numantia.

No one was ignorant that Quintus Pompey had signed a treaty, and that Mancinus had done the same.

The latter, being a virtuous man, supported the proposition which I laid before the people, after the decree of the senate.

The former, on the other side, opposed it vehemently.

If modesty, probity, or faith had been regarded, Mancinus would have carried his point; but in reason, counsel, and prudence, Pompey surpassed him.