But I both did at that time what I ought to have done, and I shall do now
 what I am forced to do. For when it was a dispute about money matters, because we said that
 Marcus Tullius had sustained damage, it appeared foreign to my character to say anything of
 the reputation of Quintus Fabius; not because the case did not open the door to such
 statements. What is my conduct then? Although the cause does require it, still, unless when he
 absolutely compels me against my will, I am not inclined to condescend to speak ill of him.
 Now that I am speaking under compulsion, if I say anything strong, still I will do even that
 with decency and moderation, and only in such a way that, as he could not consider me hostile
 to him at the former trial, so he may now know that I am a faithful and trustworthy friend to
 Marcus Tullius.