Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.
Art thou a friend to Roderick?
Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.
Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name
Methinks I will not die quite happy without having seen something of that Rome of which I have read so much.