To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
I love you much less than my God, but much more than myself.
Your heart is mine; there I reign. I am content.
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.