The king reigns but does not govern. [Fr., Le roi regne, il ne gouverne pas.]

The king reigns but does not govern.

He who knows not how to dissimulate, can not reign. [Fr., Qui ne sait dissimuler, ne sait regner.]

I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]

Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.

Royal blood isn't blue, it is a jaundiced shade of red and riddled with broken chromosomes