May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.

Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them [worlds], we have not yet conquered one?

Let us conduct ourselves so that all men wish to be our friends and all fear to be our enemies.

I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.

Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects?