There is one thing higher than Royalty: and that is religion, which causes us to leave the world, and seek God.

Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible.

I have seen many a man turn his gold into smoke, but you are the first who has turned smoke into gold.

Grief never ends, but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness nor a lack of faith: it is the price of love.

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.