Diversity in counsel, unity in command.

In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.

All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks.

Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel.

I am Cyrus, king of the world.

Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth - these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die.

May all the gods whom I settled in their sacred centers ask daily of Bêl and Nâbu that my days be long and may they intercede for my welfare. ... The people of Babylon blessed my kingship, and I settled all the lands in peaceful abodes.