Have trouble with some excerpts from Julius Caesar (Act II)...?

Rich

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I've been able to interpret the quotes to what they mean in modern English, but I am unable to seek the significance of the quote that may portray to the story. Help please?

“Let’s kill him boldly, but not wrathfully;
Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods,
Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.” (p.803, lines 172-174)

“I have made strong proof of my constancy,
Giving myself a voluntary wound
Here in the thigh. Can I bear that with patience
And not my husband’s secrets?” (p. 808, lines 299-302)

“When beggars die, there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” (p. 812, lines 30-31.)

“Cowards die many times before their deaths.
The valiant never taste of death but once.” (p. 812, lines 32-33)

8.…“Danger knows full well
That Caesar is more dangerous than he.
We are two lions littered in one day,
And I the elder and more terrible.” (p. 812, lines 44-47)

“Caesar, I will and so near will I be,
That your best friends shall wish I had been further. (p. 815, lines 124-125)

“There is but one mind in all these men, and it is bent against Caesar.” (p.815, lines 5-6)
 
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