There are two merits that glorify a person: being courageous for a man and being virtuous for a woman. Besides these two, there is another merit that glorifies both man and woman: so much loving the homeland to an extent with being ready to sacrifice his/her life, if needed. Turks are such courageous and virtuous people. That is why you can kill a Turk but you can never defeat them.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible.

Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.

How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?

A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.

I haven't known 6 days of happiness in my life.