"I restored the standard of the legions which had been lost in the wars with the Germans."

"May I be privileged to build the foundations of the state safe and sound, and lay the groundwork for the future as I wish, and so gain the reward of my endeavor: to be called the author of the best po…"

"Let us make haste to live, for every day is a new life."

"I restored the images of the gods which had been carried off by the sacrilegious hands of the civil wars."

"I added Egypt to the empire of the Roman People."