"My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed."

"I am not a god, but I am a king, and I will rule as a king."

"I would not fear a pack of lions led by a sheep, but I would always fear a flock of sheep led by a lion."

"I am dying with the help of too many physicians."

"I am not a common man, and I will not be ruled by common laws."