“It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.”
“It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.”
“The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.”
“A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.”
“The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.”