You are the only man who never asked me for anything.

I have believed you to be as righteous as all other men are not.

And now if you, if this time--" He lowered his tones, which had become somewhat threatening, and went on very earnestly: "By all you hold most sacred on earth, I ask you, Did the girl pray for me, and of her own free impulse, not knowing that any one could hear her ?" "I swear it, by the head of my mother!" replied Philostratus, solemnly.
"Your mother ?" echoed Caesar, and his brow began to clear.

But suddenly the gleam of satisfaction, which for a moment had embellished his features, vanished, and with a sharp laugh he added: "And my mother! Do you suppose that I do not know what she requires of you?
It is solely to please her that you, a free man, remain with me.

For her sake you are bold enough to try now and then to quell the stormy sea of my passions.
You do it with a grace, so I submit.