"An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep."

"Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you."

"A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough. [Alexander's tombstone epitaph]"

"I do not steal victory."

"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion."

"There is something noble in hearing myself ill spoken of, when I am doing well;"

"In the end, when it's over, all that matters is what you've done."

"I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians."

"How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens."

"Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters."

"Shall I, that have destroyed my Preservers, return home?"

"You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that it is out of the reach of industry and valor."

"Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable."

"How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle. It had been far more noble to have died the victim of the enemy than fall a sacrifice to the rage of my friends."

"I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. {His teacher was the legendary philosopher Aristotle}"

"Oh! Most miserable wretch that I am! Why have I not learnt how to swim?"

"We never realise how transparent we are."

"There was so much suffering in Africa that it was tempting just to shrug your shoulders and walk away. But you can't do that, she thought. You just can't."

"Special things have a way of surviving."

"She was made for untidy rooms and rumpled beds."

"When we've all finished talking, there's something that never utters a word, but goes right down through the earth, plumb to the centre."

"But to understand English is one thing; to understand an Englishman who talks is another."

"All this is true and false; and it is true and false to say that it is true and false."

"Thou hast no right but to do thy will... For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect."