“Of the king's creation you may be; but he who makes a count ne'er made a man.”

“Who’s that?
That’s the King.
Who’s he?
The Duke.
Who’s she?
The Princess.
What do they call you?
The Count.
What does that make me?
Umm…how about the Peasant?
And the name stuck.”

“What? Was man made a wheel-work to wind up,
And be discharged, and straight wound up anew?
No! grown, his growth lasts; taught, he ne'er forgets:
May learn a thousand things, not twice the same.”

“Who cares if you disagree?
You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare
Tell me who to be
Who died and made you king of anything?”

“Alcæus mentions Aristodemus in these lines:
’T is money makes the man; and he who ’s none
Is counted neither good nor honourable.”

“When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.”

“Many advocate aids to check Anger; the commonest being to count ten before you start; but if not constant, you tend to turn into the man who used to count ten before he lost his temper, but later counted in two's to get there quicker.”

“If a man who can’t count finds a four leaf clover, is he lucky?”

“The man who counts on the aid of a god deserves the help he doesn't get.”

“What would you say of that man who was made king by the error of the people, if he had so far forgotten his natural condition as to imagine that this kingdom was due to him, that he deserved it, and that it belonged to him of right? You would marvel at his stupidity and folly.”