There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well.

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.

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

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

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.

I do not steal victory.