"I would rather have a few good men than many bad ones."

"Better a city of wood that looks like stone than a city of stone that looks like wood."

"Why do you hesitate? Do you doubt my power? I can make a nobleman out of my groom, but only God can make a groom out of my nobleman."

"I have not been able to find a single good general; I must be my own."

"I am not a ruler, but a worker."