Each instant of life is a step toward death.
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.
Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.
I see, I know, I believe, I am undeceived.
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?