"Princes appear to me to be Fools & appear to me to be fools they seem to me to be something Else besides Human Life."

"Let it not be understood that I have the slightest feeling against Henry of Prussia; it is the prince I have no use f…"

"In your opinion, India means its few princes. To me it means its teeming millions on whom depends the existence of it…"

"A true prince is the artist of artists. […] The prince's material is the artist; his will is his chisel: he inspires,…"

"O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That…"

"Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?"

"Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times; and which have much veneration, but no rest."

"Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credet Servitutem. Nunquam libertas gratior extat Quam sub rege pio."

"Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, p…"

"A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping."