Let those who love me follow me.

Either I shall take Constantinople, or it shall take me, dead or alive.

Sultan of the two continents and the two seas.

Ask why this pond stays so clear: because living water keeps flowing from its source.

-- Zhu Xi

Westward the course of empire takes its way.

-- George Berkeley

If you wish to see the laws of high thunder with a pure and skilful mind, look upon the summits of the highest heaven.

-- Boethius

Take whatever time gives you, and do not mourn what slips away.

-- Harun al-Rashid

Among the people there is no possession so esteemed as the state / yet there is no state in this world like one breath of good health.

-- Suleiman the Magnificent

Everyone aims at the same meaning, but many are the versions of the story.

-- Suleiman the Magnificent