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

With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire. But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world. That task is left for you

The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.

I am the flail of god. Had you not created great sins, god would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.

“A man's greatest joy is crushing his enemies.”

The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters.