Non me fremitus salutantium nec anhelans libertus excitet, nec incertus futuri testamentum pro pignore scribam, nec plus habeam quam quod possim cui velim relinquere:  quandoque enim fatalis et meus dies?veniet;  statuarque tumulo non maestus et atrox, sed hilaris et coronatus, et pro memoria mei nec consulat quisquam nec roget.
I do not want to be roused from sleep by the clatter of morning callers or by some breathless messenger from the palace; I do not care to have to write safeguards into my will in my anxiety as to what will happen; I wish for no larger estate than I can leave to the heir of my own free choice; for some day or other the last hour will strike also for me. And my prayer is that my effigy may be set up beside my grave, not grim and scowling, but all smiles and garlands, and that no one shall seek to honour my memory either by a motion in the senate or by a petition to the Emperor.
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