Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
They that possess the prince possess the laws.
Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil.
The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.
Blown roses hold their sweetness to the last.
Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.