Archidamus

always remembering that it is a nobler thing to exchange a mortal body for immortal glory, and to purchase with a life which at best we shall retain for only a few years a fame which will abide with our descendants throughout all the ages[*](For the language cf. Dem. 60.27, and Hyp. 6.24.)—a far nobler course than to cling greedily to a little span of life and cover ourselves with great disgrace!