King of Italy/napoleonic Kingdom of Italy 1805-1814

Famous quotes containing the words king of, king, italy and/or kingdom:

    I am the king of courtesy ... a Corinthian, a lad of mettle, a good boy.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    The honest man, though e’er sae poor,
    Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
    Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    For us to go to Italy and to penetrate into Italy is like a most fascinating act of self-discovery—back, back down the old ways of time. Strange and wonderful chords awake in us, and vibrate again after many hundreds of years of complete forgetfulness.
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    ... what a family is without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.
    Elizabeth I (1533–1603)