My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother.

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.