“Self conquest is the greatest of victories.”

“The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.”

“The first and best victory is to conquer self”

“But Above all things truth beareth away the victory”

“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them then he is always stirring up some wary or other in order that the people may require a leader.”

“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.”

“The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.”