"Most worshippers of God are intent on the advancement of their own desires, not on His worship."

"A monarch should ever be intent on conquest, otherwise his neighbors rise in arms against him."

"The best way to keep a secret is to pretend there isn’t one."

"The wisdom of the learned is like a deep well, but the wisdom of the common people is like a running stream."

"Drop the sword - for there is but one flesh to wound, and it is the one flesh of all humankind."