Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.
Violence is just, where kindness is vain.
Ah, though a Roman, I am not less a man.
After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
It is only blood that can wash away such an outrage; die or kill.
A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.