Hist. 2.50.1Ipse āversus ā cōnsiliīs bellī "hunc" inquit "animum, hanc virtūtem vestram ultrā perīculīs obicere nimis grande vītae meae pretium putō.He himself, turned away from plans for war, said: 'To expose this spirit, this courage of yours, to further dangers is, I think, too great a price for my life. Hist. 2.50.1Quantō plūs speī ostenditis, sī vīvere placēret, tantō pulchrior mors erit.The more hope you hold out, if I chose to live, the more glorious my death will be. Hist. 2.50.1Expertī in vicem sumus ego ac fortūna.Fortune and I have tested each other. Hist. 2.50.1Nec tempus conputāveritis: difficilius est temperāre fēlīcitātī quā tē nōn putēs diū ūsūrum.And do not reckon the length of time: it is harder to keep self-control in good fortune when you think you will not enjoy it long. Hist. 2.50.1Cīvīle bellum ā Vitelliō coepit, et ut dē prīncipātū certārēmus armīs initium illīc fuit: nē plūs quam semel certēmus penes mē exemplum erit;The civil war began with Vitellius, and it was there that the beginning lay of our fighting with arms for the principate: that we fight no more than once, the example shall rest with me; Hist. 2.50.1hinc Othōnem posteritās aestimet.by this let posterity judge Otho.
Hist. 2.50.1Fruētur Vitellius frātre, coniuge, līberīs: mihi nōn ultiōne neque sōlāciīs opus est.Vitellius will enjoy his brother, his wife, his children: I have no need of vengeance or of consolation. Hist. 2.50.1Aliī diūtius imperium tenuerint, nēmō tam fortiter relīquerit.Others may have held power longer; no one shall have given it up so bravely. Hist. 2.50.1An ego tantum Rōmānae pūbis, tot ēgregiōs exercitūs sternī rūrsus et reī pūblicae ēripī patiar?Or am I to allow so much of the youth of Rome, so many outstanding armies, to be struck down once more and snatched from the state? Hist. 2.50.1Eat hic mēcum animus, tamquam peritūrī prō mē fuerītis, sēt este superstitēs.Let this spirit of yours go with me, as though you would have died for me; but live on. Hist. 2.50.1Nec diū morēmur, ego incolumitātem vestram, vōs cōnstantiam meam.And let us not delay long, I your safety, nor you my resolve. Hist. 2.50.1Plūra dē extrēmīs loquī pars ignāviae est.To say more about one's end is a kind of cowardice. Hist. 2.50.1Praecipuum dēstinātiōnis meae documentum habēte quod dē nēmine queror;Take it as the chief proof of my determination that I complain of no one; Hist. 2.50.1nam incūsāre deōs vel hominēs eius est quī vīvere velit."for to accuse gods or men is the part of one who wishes to live.'