If you want to destroy any nation without war, make adultery or nudity common in the young generation
I warn you against shedding blood, indulging in it and making a habit of it, for blood never sleeps.
I have become so great as I am because I have won men's hearts by gentleness and kindliness.
It is not the custom of kings to kill kings.
European merchants supply the best weaponry, contributing to their own defeat.