Fear created gods; audacity created kings.

It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced.

A monarch frequently represents his subjects better than an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character he is likely to have more capable and loyal advisers.

What are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?

A king can stand people's fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking.

Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.

A king is he who has laid fear aside and the base longings of an evil heart; whom ambition unrestrained and the fickle favor of the reckless mob move not.

The foremost art of kings is the power to endure hatred.

Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king.

Kings are like stars-they rise and set, they have The worship of the world, but no repose.