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

Jupiter best and greatest, preserver of the empire.

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.

I will not be led in triumph.

-- Cleopatra

If I have sinned, give me the remedy; if I have not, instruct me.

-- Theodosius I

Today I have killed a man.

-- Theodosius I

When I, Constantine Augustus, and I, Licinius Augustus, fortunately met at Milan... we resolved to grant both to Christians and to all men the freedom to follow whatever religion each one wished.

-- Constantine the Great

I would rather be a poor beggar's wife and be sure of heaven, than queen of all the world and stand in doubt thereof by reason of my own consent.

-- Catherine of Aragon

If a lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.

-- Henry VIII of England