Xenophon

Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.

The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.

For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

Agriculture for an honorable and highminded man is the best of all occupations or arts by which men procure the means of living.

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.

In hunting on cultivated grounds the huntsman must abstain from injuring the fruits of the season and must leave springs and streams undisturbed for to interfere with these is contrary to propriety and morality.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

To be a successful farmer one must first know the nature of the soil.

Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.

For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.

Agriculture for an honorable and high-minded man, is the best of all occupations or arts by which men procure the means of living.

He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.