"All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey."
- John Dryden
"When kings the sword of justice first lay down,They are no kings, though they possess the crown.Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things,The good of subjects is the end of kings."
- Daniel Defoe
"And what does it amount to?" said Satan, with his evil chuckle. "Nothing at all. You gain nothing; you always come out where you went in. For a million years the race has gone on monotonously propagat..."
- Mark Twain