A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.

Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects?

I am dying with the help of too many physicians.

I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory.

I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.

We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war

God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.