All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.
After divorce of Pompeia in 62 BC I feel that members of my family should never be suspected of breaking the law. -Meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico carere oportere
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.
I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected.