I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.

Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.

Thus, if there is anyone who is confident that he can advise me as to the best advantage of the state in this campaign which I am about to conduct, let him not refuse his services to the state, but come with me into Macedonia. I will furnish him with his sea-passage, with a horse, a tent, and even travel-funds. If anyone is reluctant to do this and prefers the leisure of the city to the hardships of campaigning, let him not steer the ship from on shore.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

Envy, like flames, soars upwards.

Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.