“He who marries a beautiful woman in hopes of being happy with her knows not but that even she herself may be the cause of all his uneasinesses.”

Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.

If I die innocent the shame will fall on those who are the cause of my death, since all sort of iniquity is attended with shame.

Well-Trained Personnel Always Come Through in a Pinch.

Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?

Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.

A Number of Friends is of more Worth than a Flock of Sheep, or of Goats, or than a Herd of Oxen.

Success always calls for greater generosity—though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed.

Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength.

Self-confidence should always ride side by side with a strong sense of humility.

I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.

Obedience Should Not Be the Result of Compulsion.

He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.

And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.

Let No One Fall Idle.

In the Face of Danger, Be Eager, Not Intimidated.

Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.