England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

Men are ruled by toys.

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.

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies.

Whatever you ardently and passionately desire, that you obtain.

Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.