"I received the title of Father of the Country."

"I found the city of Rome, which was not adorned as her majesty demanded, to be too small for the empire; so I extended her borders."

"I have always been a man of generosity, and have shared my wealth with the Roman people."

"I was in my nineteenth year when I raised an army on my own initiative and at my own expense, by means of which I restored liberty to the Republic, oppressed by the domination of a faction."

"May I be privileged to build the foundations of the state safe and sound, and lay the groundwork for the future as I wish, and so gain the reward of my endeavor: to be called the author of the best po…"