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.

Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.

Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.

As for a limit to one’s labors, I, for one, do not recognize any for a high-minded man, except that the labors themselves should lead to noble accomplishments.

True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.

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

At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!