Xenophon, Anabasis 5.8.36

ἀλλὰ μὴν καλόν τε καὶ δίκαιον καὶ ὅσιον καὶ ἥδιον τῶν ἀγαθῶν μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν κακῶν μεμνῆσθαι.

But it is certainly more noble, just, right, and sweet to remember good actions rather than bad actions.

Xenophon, Hellenica 7.5.27

Xenophon rounds off his ‘history of Greece’, which began at the point where Thucydides stopped.

ἐμοὶ μὲν δὴ μέχρι τούτου γραφέσθω· τὰ δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα ἴσως ἄλλῳ μελήσει.

Let it be written by me up to this point, but as for the subsequent events, perhaps someone else will concern himself with them.

Xenophon, Anabasis 4.3.8-9

In Xenophon’s account of his own adventures taking part in the ‘march inland’ of the famous Ten Thousand he even records his dreams. At this point the Greeks are having trouble working out how to cross a river.

ταύτην μὲν οὖν τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτα ἔμειναν ἐν πολλῇ ἀπορίᾳ ὄντες. Ξενοφῶν δὲ ὄναρ εἶδεν· ἔδοξεν ἐν πέδαις δεδέσθαι, αὗται δὲ αὐτῷ αὐτόμαται περιρρυῆναι, ὥστε λυθῆναι καὶ διαβαίνειν ὁπόσον ἐβούλετο. ἐπεὶ δὲ ὄρθρος ἦν, ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν Χειρίσοφον καὶ λέγει ὅτι ἐλπίδας ἔχει καλῶς ἔσεσθαι, καὶ διηγεῖται αὐτῷ τὸ ὄναρ. ὁ δὲ ἥδετό τε καὶ ὡς τάχιστα ἕως ὑπέφαινεν ἐθύοντο πάντες παρόντες οἱ στρατηγοί. καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ καλὰ ἦν εὐθὺς ἐπὶ τοῦ πρώτου, καὶ ἀπιόντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν οἱ στρατηγοὶ καὶ λοχαγοὶ παρήγγελλον τῇ στρατιᾷ ἀριστοποιεῖσθαι.

That day and night they stayed there, in a state of great bafflement. But Xenophon had a dream: he thought he was bound in fetters, and that they fell off spontaneously, so that he was unbound and could walk across to wherever he wanted. At dawn he went to Cheirisophus. Xenophon said he had hopes that all would be well and told him the dream. Cheirisophus was pleased and as soon as day began to break all the generals were at hand and made sacrifices. From the very first one the omens were favourable. When the generals and captains left after the sacrifices they ordered the army to take breakfast.

Xenophon, The Education of Cyrus 1.1.6

Xenophon ponders the secret of Cyrus’ success and sets out the main avenues of enquiry he intends to pursue in his account of the famous Persian’s education.

ἡμεῖς μὲν δὴ ὡς ἄξιον ὄντα θαυμάζεσθαι τοῦτον τὸν ἄνδρα ἐσκεψάμεθα τίς ποτ’ ὢν γενεὰν καὶ ποίαν τινὰ φύσιν ἔχων καὶ ποίᾳ τινὶ παιδείᾳ παιδευθεὶς τοσοῦτον διήνεγκεν εἰς τὸ ἄρχειν ἀνθρώπων. ὅσα οὖν καὶ ἐπυθόμεθα καὶ ᾐσθῆσθαι δοκοῦμεν περὶ αὐτοῦ, ταῦτα πειρασόμεθα διηγήσασθαι.

Considering him worthy of admiration we investigated what his family was, what his natural disposition was like, and what kind of education he was given that made him so exceptional in the ruling of men. So whatever we found out and thought we could infer for ourselves about him, we shall endeavour to set out.

Xenophon, The Education of Cyrus 8.8.14

Things aren’t what they used to be in Persia, according to Xenophon. To give one example – nowadays children are taught about poisons and medicines for nothing but nefarious reasons!

ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν φυομένων ἐκ τῆς γῆς τὰς δυνάμεις οἱ παῖδες πρόσθεν μὲν ἐμάνθανον, ὅπως τοῖς μὲν ὠφελίμοις χρῷντο, τῶν δὲ βλαβερῶν ἀπέχοιντο· νῦν δὲ ἐοίκασι ταῦτα διδασκόμενοι, ὅπως ὅτι πλεῖστα κακοποιῶσιν· οὐδαμοῦ γοῦν πλείους, ἢ ἐκεῖ, οὔτε ἀποθνήσκουσιν, οὐτε διαφθείρονται ὑπὸ φαρμάκων.

But in former times boys would also learn the properties of things grown from the earth, so that they could make use of the beneficial ones and keep away from the harmful ones. But now they seem to learn these things so they can do the most possible harm; at any rate, nowhere are more people killed or crippled by poisons than there.