TIBERIUS

I am rearing a viper for the Roman People

A good shepherd shears his flock; he does not flay them

No single man can bear the whole burden of Empire — I need a colleague, or perhaps several colleagues

To be a good shepherd is to shear the flock, not skin it!

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

In a free state, both the tongue and the mind ought to be free.

… a right-minded and true-hearted statesman who has had as much sovereign power placed in his hands as you have placed in mine should regard himself as the servant of the Senate; and often of the people as a whole; and sometimes of private citizens, too.

In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.

I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change.

I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change.

To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

Power has no limits.

No single man can bear the whole burden of Empire — I need a colleague, or perhaps several colleagues

In a free state, both the tongue and the mind ought to be free.

… a right-minded and true-hearted statesman who has had as much sovereign power placed in his hands as you have placed in mine should regard himself as the servant of the Senate; and often of the people as a whole; and sometimes of private citizens, too.

A good shepherd shears his flock; he does not flay them

I am rearing a viper for the Roman People

To be a good shepherd is to shear the flock, not skin it!

In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.