When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

The period of a [Persian] boy's education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.

The Persians are very fond of wine ... It is also their general practice to deliberate upon affairs of weight when they are drunk; and then in the morning, when they are sober, the decision to which they came the night before is put before them by the master of the house in which it was made; and if it is then approved they act on it; if not, they set it aside. Sometimes, however, they are sober at their first deliberations, but in this case they always reconsider the matter under the influence of wine.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.