It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.
They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.
The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.
He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.
I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years.
Peace is produced by war.