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

Only that which is well done is quickly done.

Make haste cautiously.

Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.

May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and stable basis and thus enjoy the reward which I desire, but only if I may be called the architect of the best possible government; and bear with me the hope when I die, that the foundations which I have laid for its future government, will stand deep and secure.

Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.