There are secret ties, there are sympathies, by the sweet relationship of which souls that are well matched attach themselves to each other, and are affected by I know not what, which cannot be explained

I would not like a king who could obey.

An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past

Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.

Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend.

Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.

It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.