Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!" - Plutarch

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it…eases his way to action by the greater trust that it procures him.

A prating barber asked Archelaus how he would be trimmed. He answered, "In silence."

And yet,” said he, “how can a man take care of his own horse or furbish up his spear and helmet, if he is unaccustomed to using his hands on his own dear person? Know ye not,” said he, “that the end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered?