It is not lawful to be a Christian.

Since the greed of the provincials runs riot, a limit must be set upon prices.

A greater empire cannot be entrusted to the care of a single man.

If you could see the cabbages I have planted with my own hands at Salona, you would surely never think to request this.

Emperor crowned by God, great and peace-bringing.

-- Frederick Barbarossa

Let him be a god, so long as he is not alive.

-- Tiberius

Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's.

-- Tiberius

The Fortunate.

-- Sulla

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.

-- Daniel Kahneman