He who despises life is his life's master.
Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.
He who has resolved to conquer or die is seldom conquered; such noble despair perishes with difficulty.
Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend.
My sweetest hope is to lose hope
It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.