I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.

A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.

He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.

I believe everything to be just when a king ordains it.

Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?

Let us attend to the present, and as to the future we shall know how to manage when the occasion arrives.

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.