A King Is The First Servant And

I Am Up And About When I Am Ill, And In The Most Appalling Weather. I Am On Horseback When Other Men Would Be Flat Out On Their Beds, Complaining. We Are Made For Action, And Activity Is The Sovereign Remedy For All Physical Ills.

Euler Calculated The Force Of The Wheels Necessary To Raise The Water In A Reservoir ... My Mill Was Carried Out Geometrically And Could Not Raise A Drop Of Water Fifty Yards From The Reservoir. Vanity Of Vanities! Vanity Of Geometry!

Many Battles Have Been Fought And Won By Soldiers Nourished On Beer.

It Is Disgusting To Notice The Increase In The Quantity Of Coffee Used By My Subjects, And The Amount Of Money That Goes Out Of The Country As A Consequence. Everybody Is Using Coffee; This Must Be Prevented. His Majesty Was Brought Up On Beer, And So Were Both His Ancestors And Officers. Many Battles Have Been Fought And Won By Soldiers Nourished On Beer, And The King Does Not Believe That Coffee-drinking Soldiers Can Be Relied Upon To Endure Hardships In Case Of Another War.

If Soldiers Were To Begin To Think, Not One Of Them Would Remain In The Army.