Caius Marcius Coriolanus

Going now to prosecute the victory, they besought Marcius, tired out with his toils, and faint and heavy through the loss of blood, that he would retire to the camp. He replied, however, that weariness was not for conquerors, and joined with them in the pursuit.

• Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
  • p. 62 ("Plutarch's Lives and Writings", Easton Press, 2021, vol. 2)

one who so nobly could refuse reward, was beyond others worthy to receive it

• Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
  • p. 63 ("Plutarch's Lives and Writings", Easton Press, 2021, vol. 2)

He was wholly possessed... with a profound and deep-seated fury, which passes with many for no pain at all.

• Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
  • p. 77 ("Plutarch's Lives and Writings", Easton Press, 2021, vol. 2)

The abundance of provision which he gained, and the waste and havoc of the country which he made, were, however, of themselves and in his account, the smallest results of that invasion; the great mischief he intended, and his special object in all, was to increase at Rome the suspicions entertained of the patricians, and to make them upon worse terms with the people.

• Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
  • p. 83 ("Plutarch's Lives and Writings", Easton Press, 2021, vol. 2)

Pride, and self-will, the consort, as Plato calls it, of solitude, made him insufferable.

• Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
  • p. 104 ("Plutarch's Lives and Writings", Easton Press, 2021, vol. 2)

He who least likes courting favor, ought also least to think of resenting neglect: to feel wounded at being refused a distinction can only arise from an overweening appetite to have it.

• Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
  • p. 105 ("Plutarch's Lives and Writings", Easton Press, 2021, vol. 2)