Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

Real excellence, indeed, is most recognized when most openly looked into.

Pythagoras, when he was asked what time was, answered that it was the soul of this world.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.

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.