Alright, without looking….who said this when he was asked to return to power?”If you could show the cabbage that I planted with my own hands to your emperor, he definitely wouldn?t dare suggest that I replace the peace and happiness of this place with the storms of a never-satisfied greed.”

The only successful retiree, who had a palace in what is now Croatia, Diocletian, I'd guess, since he is the only cabbage-grower listed in the annals as well.