"He who does not love wine, women, and song remains a fool his whole life long."

"I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess."

"If a woman grows weary and at last dies from childbearing, it matters not. Let her die in childbearing—she is there to do it."

"In lying fashion you ignore what even children know."

"To kill a peasant is not murder; it is helping to extinguish the conflagration. Let there be no half measures! Crush them! Cut their throats! Here, there, everywhere! Whoever can, strike, slay, stab, …"