Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.
He who despises life is his life's master.
Violence is just, where kindness is vain.
Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
Liberty may be of no more use Than stirring up the flame of civil wars; Then, by disorder fatal to the world, One wants no king, the other wants no equal.