Famous quotes containing the words emperor, late and/or reign:
“Even the emperor has poor relations.”
—Chinese proverb.
“I would remind my countrymen that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.”
—Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120)