"My dear Tiberius, you must not give way to youthful emotion or take it to heart if anyone speaks ill of me; let us be satisfied if we can make people stop short at unkind words."

"I established colonies of soldiers in Africa, Sicily, and Italy."

"I have always been a man of honor, and have upheld the dignity of the Roman name."

"I put an end to the civil wars, which lasted for twenty years."

"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."