Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

If the course of human affairs be considered, it will be seen that many things arise against which heaven does not allow us to guard.

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

A battle that you win cancels any other bad action of yours. In the same way, by losing one, all the good things worked by you before become vain.

Men are always averse to enterprises in which they foresee difficulties.