因为有一次庞拜为他的一位朋友争执政官之职，与苏拉所推举之人竞选，竟而获胜。在苏拉对此表示不满而开始争吵的时候，庞拜简直反唇相向，叫他不要多言。

• For when he had carried the consulship for a friend of his,against the pursuit of Sylla,and that Sylla did a little resent thereat,and began to speak great,Pompey turned upon him again,and in effect bade him be quiet.