Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

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

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

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

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.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

Half of the people in the world are below average.