If I were not king, I should lose my temper.
A wise and prudent king knows how to make use of even the least of his subjects.
What man is without fault, and what king without weakness?
To avoid covetousness is to conquer a kingdom.
In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
Until kings are philosophers or philosophers are kings, cities will never cease from ill.
A just king must be the first to observe those laws that he has himself prescribed.
While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.
Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
