Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

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

Ambition becomes displeasing when it is once satiated; there is a reaction; and as our spirit, till our last sigh, is always aiming toward some object, it falls back on itself, having nothing else on which to rest; and having reached the summit, it longs to descend.

Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, But to renounce it calls for equal courage.

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

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

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.