I would not like a king who could obey.
As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.
I believe everything to be just when a king ordains it.
The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.
He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.
The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.
Liberty may be of no more use Than stirring up the flame of civil wars; Then, by disorder fatal to the world, One wants no king, the other wants no equal.