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.
Where minds differ and opinions swerve there is scant a friend in that company.
My seat has been the seat of kings, and I will have no rascal to succeed me.
I regret the unhappiness of princes who are slaves to forms and fettered by caution.
The true sin against the Holy Ghost is ingratitude.
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.