All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
War is the trade of kings.