"I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians."

"What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him! ... I could manage this horse better than others do."

"I am not content with the small empire I inherited. I will conquer the world."

"Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal."

"As for your mother, I will allow her to live in my house, and to enjoy all the honours due to a queen."