"I have never sought power for my own sake, but only for the good of the state."

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

"Faster, you slugs!"

"I have always been a man of wisdom, and have sought the counsel of others in all important matters."

"I restored the images of the gods which had been carried off by the sacrilegious hands of the civil wars."