Others may fashion more smoothly images of bronze (I for one believe it), evoke living faces from marble, plead causes better, trace with a wand the wanderings of the heavens and foretell the rising of stars. But you, Roman, remember to rule the peoples with power (these will be your arts); impose the habit of peace, spare the vanquished and war down the proud!

What a lot of work it was to found the Roman race.

If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.

They can do all because they think they can.

O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!

People are able because they think they're able

Time bears away all things.