It is better to rule no one than to be another man's slave: without ruling, one can still live honourably; as a slave, no condition of life is possible at all.

O Zeus, do not forget who is the cause of these evils.

We must indeed escape, but with our hands, not our feet.

You too, Brutus?

So long as you officials do not hand out appointments recklessly, why should you fear what the people of the realm say?

-- Wu Zetian

Seek knowledge, even as far as China.

-- Harun al-Rashid

You too, Brutus?

-- Marcus Junius Brutus