Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance; but since nature has so decreed that we cannot manage comfortably with them, nor live in any way without them, we must plan for our lasting preservation rather than for our temporary pleasure.
Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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.