I Do Not Steal Victory.

I Send You A Kaffis Of Mustard Seed, That You May Taste And Acknowledge The Bitterness Of My Victory.

As For A Limit To One’s Labors, I, For One, Do Not Recognize Any For A High-minded Man, Except That The Labors Themselves Should Lead To Noble Accomplishments.

Your Ancestors Came To Macedonia And The Rest Of Hellas [greece] And Did Us Great Harm, Though We Had Done Them No Prior Injury. I Have Been Appointed Leader Of The Greeks, And Wanting To Punish The Persians I Have Come To Asia, Which I Took From You.

I Would Rather Live A Short Life Of Glory Than A Long One Of Obscurity.

But Truly, If I Were Not Alexander, I Would Be Diogenes.