I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.

I foresee a great funeral contest over me.

Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?

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

May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.

Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians... and of all the Hellenic peoples, join your fellow-soldiers and entrust yourselves to me, so that we can move against the barbarians and liberate ourselves from the Persian bondage, for as Greeks we should not be slaves to barbarians.

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