With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy.

Love doesn't hide. It stays and fights. It goes the distance, that's why love is so strong. So it can carry you all the way home.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

Nature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing.

Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.