The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence.

Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and gave him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the 'new, wonderful good society' which shall now be Rome, interpreted to mean 'more money, more ease, more security, more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.'

Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come.

The leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible.

Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.