The years go by one after the other; time slips past us with out our being aware of it; we grow old like ordinary men and we shall end like them.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.

I see no point in reading.

Why do you weep? Did you think I was immortal?

Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.

Every time I fill a vacant office, I make ten malcontents and one ingrate.