A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
O gentlemen, the time of life is short! To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a dial’s point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour.
Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin’s fee.
It is silliness to live when to live is torment; and then have we a prescription to die when death is our physician.
I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.
And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against the revolted Bactrians; but if we pass Tanais and make the Scythians feel, by dear experience, that we are invincible, not in Asia only, it is not to be doubted but that Europe itself, as well as Asia, will come within the bounds of our conquests.
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
I do not pilfer victory.
Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast.
If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure
Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind.
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with freedom.
Take care of your memories, for you cannot relive them.
Everything passes, everything changes, just do what you think you should do.
I could stay with you forever and never realize the time.
It pays to know who your friends are but it also pays to know you ain't got any friends.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.