Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

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 tools belong to the man who can use them.

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.

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.