“Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!”

If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance; but since nature has so decreed that we cannot manage comfortably with them, nor live in any way without them, we must plan for our lasting preservation rather than for our temporary pleasure.

The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.

Practice, the master of all things.

Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!

After this time I surpassed all others in authority, but I had no more power than the others who were also my colleagues in office.

If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.

What is done well is done quickly enough.

At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction. For which service the senate, with complimentary resolutions, enrolled me in its order.

Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.

Nothing common can seem worthy of you.

I had a good mind to discontinue permanently the supply of grain to the city, reliance on which had discouraged Italian agriculture, but refrained because some politician would be bound one day to revive the dole as a means of ingratiating himself with the people.

Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!

Only that which is well done is quickly done.

If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.

A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.

Unite to win. Divide to conquer.

This life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not bring me satisfaction.

The force of union conquers all.

The day you decide to never give up and be fearless, is the day you will conquer.

Only by giving our life do we conquer evil.

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.

Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.