- "Ay, that's a colt indeed, for he doth nothing but talk of his horse" - Portia in The Merchant of Venice
- "Poor and content is rich, and rich enough; But riches fineless is as poor as winter, to him that ever fears he shall be poor" - William Shakespear
- "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink"
- "My boy, you must find a kingdom big enough for your ambitions. Macedon is too small for you" - Philip II cried when he saw young Alexander the Great tame a wild horse
- "See there, the man who makes preparations to pass out of Europe into Asia, overturned in passing from one seat to another" - Alexander the Great to his father Philip II
- "Villains you are, and villains you shall remain" - Phrase attributed to King Richard II during the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England
- "I am born of a rank that recognizes no superior but God, to whom alone I am responsible for my actions" - Richard I
- "Look to yourself; the devil is loose" sent by King Philip II of France to John
- On his death bed, heirless Alexander the Great was asked, “Who shall have the empire?” And he replied, “To the Strongest”
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