We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against nature.

The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.

Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered with mortals he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Beauty is the flower of virtue.

It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.

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.