A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

The worst old age is that of the mind.

To-day kings, to-marrow beggars, it is only when they are themselves that they are nothing.

The severest critics are always those who have either never attempted, or who have failed in original composition.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

Envy is the deformed and distorted offspring of egotism; and when we reflect on the strange and disproportioned character of the parent, we cannot wonder at the perversity and waywardness of the child.