King Henry IV

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or henry:

    The first wrote, Wine is the strongest. The second wrote, The king is strongest. The third wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things Truth beareth away the victory.
    Apocrypha. 1 Esdras, 3:10-12.

    Referring to “three young men” of the bodyguard of Darius, king of the Persians, competing for his favor.

    As if the spring were all your own,
    What are you when the rose is blown?
    —Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)