Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Let every man remind their descendants that they also are soldiers who must not desert the ranks of their ancestors, or from cowardice fall behind.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!

The measure of a man is what he does with power.