A Man Is At His Youngest When

I Was A King And A King's Heir And Now I Am A Slave.

It Is Something, I Thought, When A King Can Put A Courtesan To The Blush.

Power Is The Test. Some, Once They Have It, Are Content To Buy The Show Of Liking, And Punish Those Who Withhold It; Then You Have A Despot. But Some Keep A True Eye For How They Seem To Others, And Care About It, Which Holds Them Back From Much Mischief.

Everything Is Change; And You Cannot Step Twice Into The Same River.

Tell A Man What He May Not Sing And He Is Still Half Free; Even All Free, If He Never Wanted To Sing It. But Tell Him What He Must Sing, Take Up His Time With It So That His True Voice Cannot Sound Even In Secret -- There, I Have Seen Is Slavery.