There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

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.

How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?

A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

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.

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

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.

My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.

For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.

So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, upon Darius' wife: on the contrary, I have refused even to listen to those who spoke to me of her beauty.