I am the punishment of God. If you have not committed sins then God wouldn't have sent me.

If you're afraid - don't do it, - if you're doing it - don't be afraid!

The strength of a wall is neither greater nor less than the courage of the men who defend it.

Remember, you have no companions but your shadow

An action comitted in anger is an action doomed to failure.

All who surrender will be spared; whoever does not surrender but opposes with struggle and dissension, shall be annihilated.

Come and sip from the cup of destruction.

A leader can never be happy until his people are happy.

Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.

It is not sufficient that I succeed - all others must fail.

There is no good in anything until it is finished.

[O]ur honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine.

The growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.

I survived my childhood by birthing many separate identities to stand in for one another in times of great stress and fear.

Strike up the drum and march courageously.

Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.

I'm an only child. My mum and dad are six in each family. They're both twins, and they only wanted one. I always say to them though that they're lucky - it could have all gone wrong.

Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.

When you're in a dark place, and your light is going to run out before too long, you get on with things. It's a wonder to me how few people apply that same logic to their lives.

The failures of the past must not be an excuse for the inaction of the present and the future.

To speak a true word is to transform the world.