1) Pliny the Younger on his wife Calpurnia:
"She takes pleasure in reading my works, which are continually in her hands, and even learns some by heart. How full of encouragement she is when I am entering on some task, and how kindly she rejoices with me when it is completed..
2) "When I am pleading a case she stations messengers to inform her from time to time how I am doing and what applauses I receive. She asks to hear me recite my verses and afterwards sets them to music with her lyre. Her only master is Love, the best instructor..
3) "From this marriage I draw my most assured hopes, that the harmony between us will only increase with our days. She loves me for who I am, not for my youth or body which time will gradually decay. I hope to one day become all that my wife thinks I am."
(From the Letters of Pliny the Younger, Book 4.19.)
4) One more letter from Pliny directly to his wife Calpurnia (7.5)..
"You can scarcely believe how much I miss you and long to see you again. Due firstly to how much I love you and secondly because we are not used to being away from each other...
5) "Most of my nights are spent lying awake, thinking of you. At the hour I would usually come to you, I find my feet literally carrying me - but then seeing you are not there, I turn away from the empty threshold with sickness and sadness in my heart..
6) "The only time I am really free from these tormenting pangs is when I am in court, busy pleading a case. Imagine how wretched my life is when I find my rest in hard work, my solace in being harassed and anxious. Farewell."
Pliny to his wife Calpurnia (7.5) ❤️
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