In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.
The period of a [Persian] boy's education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.