May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and secure basis and thus enjoy the reward which I desire, but only if I may be called the author of the best possible government; and bear with me the hope when I die that the foundations which I have laid for its future government, will stand firm and stable.

After this time I surpassed all others in authority, but I had no more power than the others who were also my colleagues in office.

Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!

The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.

I'd always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.

We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.

Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.