Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.

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

More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.

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.

Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.