As soon as one is born, one starts dying.
None of us can estimate what we do when we do it from instinct.
It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.
If we have no other reality beyond the illusion, you too must not count overmuch on your reality as you feel it today, since, like that of yesterday, it may prove an illusion for you tomorrow.
Pretending is a virtue. If you cant pretend, you can't be king.
Woe to him who doesn't know how to wear his mask, be he king or pope!