He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.
I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.
Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.
Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people only more so.
Generosity is the accompaniment of high birth; pity and gratitude are its attendants.