Life of Crassus 7.5

5However, this eager rivalry did not carry Crassus away into anything like hatred or malice; he was merely vexed that Pompey and Caesar should be honoured above himself, but he did not associate this ambition of his with enmity or malevolence. It is true that once when Caesar had been captured by pirates in Asia and was held a close prisoner by them,[9]9Cf. Plutarch’s Caesar, chapter ii. he exclaimed: “O Crassus, how great a pleasure wilt thou taste when thou hearest of my capture!”