William Shakespeare on King
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“Ay, every inch a king.”
“Every subject's duty is the king's; but every subject's soul is his own.”
“The king's name is a tower of strength, Which they upon the adverse party want.”
“There's such divinity doth hedge a king, That treason can but peep to what it would.”
“Yet looks he like a king; behold, his eye, As bright as is the eagle's, lightens forth Controlling majesty.”
“A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main waters.”
“The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them.”
“Let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been depos'd, some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have depos'd, Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd.”