The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

When a woman has the gift of silence she possesses a quality above the vulgar. It is a gift of Heaven seldom bestowed; without a little miracle it cannot be accomplished; and Nature suffers violence when Heaven puts a woman in the humor of observing silence.

Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.

I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.