I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
There are so many worlds and I have not yet conquered even one.
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you.
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.