And do not abandon these, the best of all virtues, and never cease to do well to many. You have great glory, lady, that in this way you show concern for men, for mercy is a choice present before you. Julius Caesar, by far the best of the rulers of the Romans, drew great fame from clemency, for he did not wish to kill anyone except in combat. He rejoiced at taking others alive by any means. If some people were to be slain secretly and unburied, that man wisely performed a terrifying act,