“The fox changes his skin but not his habits.”

Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute thee.

Punishment [by Nero] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition.

I found Rome built of bricks; I leave her clothed in marble.

General Quotations about Evenings Let us add this one more night to our lives.

Few of Caesar’s assassins outlived him by more than three years, or died in their beds.

These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo to communicate.

Would that the Roman people had but one neck!

Let the die be cast.

When I am dead let the earth be dissolved in fire.

Again, during a sacrifice, the augur Spurinna warned Caesar that the danger threatening him would not come later than the Ides of March.

If you did not know at age five that the gods are made up beings and the myths made up stories, you are a fool.

He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble.

A good shepherd shears his flock, not flays them.