1I have received your letter, from which I learned that you have dedicated a most splendid portico in your own name and your son's, and on the following day promised money for the adornment of the gates, so that the beginning of a new generosity should be the completion of the earlier one. 2I rejoice, first in your glory, some part of which flows over to me because of our close connection; 2secondly because I see my father-in-law's memory carried forward by most beautiful works; 2and finally because our homeland is flourishing, which it is pleasant to me to see adorned by anyone, but most delightful by you. 3For the rest, I pray the gods to grant you that spirit of yours, and to that spirit as long a time as possible.
3For it is clear to me that, when you have completed what you have just promised, you will begin something else. 3For generosity, once roused, does not know how to stand still, and its very exercise commends its beauty. 3Farewell.