My sweetest hope is to lose hope
He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done.
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one.
Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality.
Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.