A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.
If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.
The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible.
The fact is, the king was a good deal more than a king, he was a man; and when a man is a man, you can't knock it out of him.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.