My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.

Some men are born posthumously.

The king is gone but he's not forgotten.

I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.

Have I have played my part well in the comedy of life? If so, clap your hands and dismiss me from the stage with applause.

May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and secure basis and thus enjoy the reward which I desire, but only if I may be called the author of the best possible government; and bear with me the hope when I die that the foundations which I have laid for its future government, will stand firm and stable.