Of his clemency and moderation there are abundant and signal instances. For, not
					to enumerate how many and what persons of the adverse party he pardoned,
					received into favour, and suffered to rise to the highest eminence in the state;
					he thought it sufficient to punish Junius Novatus and Cassius Patavinus, who
					were both plebeians, one of them with a fine, and the other with an easy
					banishment; although the former had published, in the name of young Agrippa, a
					very scurrilous letter against him, and the other declared openly, at an
					entertainment where there was a great deal of company, " that he neither wanted
					inclination nor courage to stab him." In the trial of Emilius 'Elianus, of
						 Cordova , when, among other charges
					exhibited against him, it was particularly insisted upon, that he used to
					calumniate Caesar, he turned round to the accuser, and said, with an air and
					tone of passion, "I wish you could make that appear; I shall let ,Elianus know
					that I have a tongue too, and shall speak sharper of him than he ever did of
					me." Nor did he, either then or afterwards, make any farther inquiry into the
					affair. And when Tiberius, in a letter, complained of the affront with great
					earnestness, he returned him an answer in the following terms: "Do not, my dear
					Tiberius, give way to the ardour of youth in this affair; nor be so indignant
					that any person should speak ill of me. It is enough, for us, if we can prevent
					any one from really doing us mischief." Although he knew that it had been customary to decree temples in honour of the
					proconsuls, yet he would not permit them to be erected in any of the provinces,
					unless in the joint names of himself and Rome . Within the limits of the city, he positively refused any
					honour of that kind. He melted down all the silver statues which had been
					erected to him, and converted the whole into tripods, which he consecrated to
					the Palatine Apollo. And when the people importuned him to accept the
					dictatorship, he bent down on one knee, with his toga thrown over his shoulders,
					and his breast exposed to view, begging to be excused. He always abhorred the title of Lord, Tertullian, in his
						Apology, c. 34, makes the same remark. The word seems to have conveyed then,
						as it does in its theological sense now, the idea of Divinity, for it is
						coupled with Deus , God: nunquum se dominum vel deum appellare voluerit. 
					 as ill-omened and offensive. And when, in a play, performed at the
					theatre, at which he was present, these words were introduced, "O just and
					gracious lord," and the whole company, with joyful acclamations, testified their
					approbation of them, as applied to him, he instantly put a stop to their
					indecent flattery, by waving his hand, and frowning sternly, and next day
					publicly declared his displeasure, in a proclamation. He never afterwards would
					suffer himself to be addressed in that manner, even by his own children or
					grand-children, either in jest or earnest, and forbad them the use of all such
					complimentary expressions to one another. He rarely entered any city or town, or
					departed from it, except in the evening or the night, to avoid giving any person
					the trouble of complimenting him. During his consulships, he commonly walked the
					streets on foot; but at other times, rode in a close carriage. He admitted to
					court even plebeians, in common with people of the higher ranks: receiving the
					petitions of those who approached him with so much affability, that he once
					jocosely rebuked a man, by telling him, "You present your memorial with as much
					hesitation as if you were offering money to an elephant." On senate days, he
					used to pay his respects to the Conscript Fathers only in the house, addressing
					them each by name as they sat, without any prompter; and on his departure, he
					bade each of them farewell, while they retained their seats. In the same manner,
					he maintained with many of them a constant intercourse of mutual civilities,
					giving them his company upon occasions of any particular festivity in their
					families; until he became advanced in years, and was incommoded by the crowd at
					a wedding. Being informed that Gallus Terrinius, a senator, with whom he had
					only a slight acquaintance, had suddenly lost his sight, and under that
					privation had resolved to starve himself to death, he paid him a visit, and by
					his consolatory admonitions diverted him from his purpose. On his speaking in the senate, he has been told by one of the members, "I did not
					understand you," and by another, "I would contradict you, could I do it with
					safety." And sometimes, upon his being so much offended at the heat with which
					the debates were conducted in the senate, as to quit the house in anger, some of
					the mem- bers have repeatedly exclaimed: "Surely, the senators ought to have
					liberty of speech on matters of govern- ment." Antistius Labeo, in the election
					of a new senate, when each, as he was named, chose another, nominated Marcus
					Lepidus, who had formerly been Augustus's ene- my, and was then in banishment;
					and being asked by the latter, "Is there no other person more deserving?" he
					replied, "Every man has his own opinion." Nor was any one ever molested for his
					freedom of speech, although it was carried to the extent of insolence. Even when some infamous libels against him were dispersed in the senate-house, he
					was neither disturbed, nor did he give himself much trouble to refute them. He
					would not so much as order an inquiry to be made after the authors; but only
					proposed, that, for the future, those who published libels, or lampoons, in a
					borrowed name, against any person, should be called to account.