13 Quotes by Suetonius

In einem freien Staat müssen Zunge und Meinung frei sein.

About this time he had the sarcophagus and body of Alexander the Great brought forth from its shrine, and after gazing on it, showed his respect by placing upon it a golden crown and strewing it with flowers; and being then asked whether he wished to see the tomb of the Ptolemies as well, he replied, "My wish was to see a king, not corpses.

Some people are slow to do what they promise; you are slow to promise what you have already done.

So much for the Emperor; the rest of this history must deal with the Monster.—IV:22

As for Gaius, he has no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse dry-shod across the Gulf of Baiae.

An informer’s word was always believed. Every crime became a capital one, even the utterance of a few careless words.

Alea iacta est.

Upon the whole, he added nothing to his own happiness by all the dangers, the fatigues, and the perpetual anxiety which he had incurred in the pursuit of unlimited power.

Let us go whither the omens of the Gods and the iniquity of our enemies call us. The die is now cast.” XXXIII.