As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

Pour grands que soient les rois, ils sont ce que nous sommes: Ils peuvent se tromper comme les autres hommes.

Brave men are brave from the very first.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.