“Each gun-captain was a king, every breech a small demanding kingdom.”

“Here lies, on the small farthest beach,
the Captain of the End.”

“Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards; their worthiest captains, best wits, greatest scholars, bravest spirits in all our annals, have been base”

“In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king.”

“"The Military Campaigns of the Kingdom of Wu." "They didn't have any machine guns or airplanes then."”

“You are in the same manner surrounded with a small circle of persons… full of desire. They demand of you the benefits of desire… You are therefore properly the king of desire. …equal in this to the greatest kings of the earth… It is desire that constitutes their power; that is, the possession of things that men covet.”

“When any hungry wretch takes it into his head to ruin the kingdom, he goes to the king and says to him: 'Sire; if your majesty will give me the permission to raise money and a certain number of armed men, I will pay so many millions. The king then asks how it is intended to raise the money. It is by nothing else than the seizure of everybody in the kingdom, men and women, and by dint of torture compelling them to pay what is demanded. Such financiers are hateful and avaricious men. The king generally consents to their unjust proposals, as he thereby satisfies his own greed; he accords the asked-for permission, and demands security bonds.”

“465. In the kingdome of blind men the one-ey'd is king.”

“King Richard: From this day forward, all toilets in this kingdom shall be known as…'Johns!”

“In the afternoon, the king and queen sat to hear the business of their kingdom. At least, the queen sat to hear the business; Costis was still not sure what the king was doing.”