Pierre Corneille Power Quotations

Have others fear you, and I will have no fear.

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats.

The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.

I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be.

Be it only for a day, it is still a glory without equal to be master of the world just that day.

A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.

Omnipotence is bought with ceaseless fear.