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.

If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.

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

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

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.

To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.

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.