Wars, both civil and foreign, I undertook throughout the world, on sea and land, and when victorious I spared all citizens who sued for pardon. The foreign nations which could with safety be pardoned I preferred to save rather than to destroy.
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus
Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young.
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus
My dear Tiberius, you must not give way to youthful emotion or take it to heart if anyone speaks ill of me; let us be satisfied if we can make people stop short at unkind words.
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus
To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus
If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus