“Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep about to find ourselves dishonourable graves.”

“Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that ‘Caesar’? Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with ’em, ‘Brutus’ will start a spirit as soon as ‘Caesar’.”

“And this man is now become a god, and Cassius is a wretched creature and must bend his body, if Caesar carelessly but nod on him.”

“He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake: ’tis true, this god did shake; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre.”

“Alas, it cried ‘Give me some drink, Titinius,’ As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.”

 

“I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus, As well as I do know your outward favour.”

In this quote, Cassius is manipulating Brutus by complimenting him and saying nice things about him. Really, he only thinks as Brutus as something he can take to his advantage and not as a friend at all.

“I was born free as Caesar; so were you: We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter’s cold as well as he.”

In this quote, Cassius is comparing him and Brutus to Caesar and showing him that Caesar is no better than them. He says it almost like, “Why shouldn’t we be king?”.

There was a Brutus once that would have brook’d The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome As easily as a king.

Cassius is trying to get Brutus riled up by saying “There was a Brutus once that would have brook,d the eternal devil to keep his state in Rome as easily as a King”. Saying this is like saying that he used to be strong but is now weak. Then, Brutus will think that Caesar is a bad person and that him being King of Rome will mean bad things for those under him.