Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

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.

I have doubtless erred more or less in politics, but a crime I never committed.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Which is heavier: a soldier's pack or a slave's chains?

To imagine that it is possible to perform great military deeds without fighting is just empty dreams.