There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.
Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war.
I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teachers for living well.
Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.
I am dying with the help of too many physicians.
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
Today I wasn't a king because I didn't do a good deed.