...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage

Character is simply habit long continued.

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

Beauty is the flower of virtue.

All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.

Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty.

While Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance of the Great King's army and demanded that the Greeks lay down their arms and submit to the might of Persia. Leonidas laconically told Xerxes, "Come and get them.