Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him.
One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
If fighting is sure to result in victory, than you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in victory, then you must not fight even at the ruler's bidding.
There's nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
It is to be remedied that the false traitors will suffer no man to come into the king's presence for no cause without bribes where none ought to be had. Any man might have his coming to him to ask him grace or judgment in such case as the king may give.
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.