Royalty is but a feather in a man's cap; let children enjoy their rattle.
No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
My prayer is that God give me no longer life than I shall be glad to use mine office in edification, and not in destruction.
A few honest men are better than numbers.
You have sat too long for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it.