O, how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes'…

O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect…

— William Shakespeare

“Saudis of all sorts recent having to beg princes for favors to secure services that should be a public right”

— Karen Elliott House

Wretched are the poor that sell their hopes instead of a filling meal part of a day or a pail... and a tiny existence…

— Mariana Fulger

Princes have but their titles for their glories, An outward honor for an inward toil; And, for unfelt imaginations, They often feel a world…

— William Shakespeare

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain,…

— William Shakespeare

Day, night, late, early, At home, abroad, alone, in company, Waking or sleeping, still my care hath been To have her match'd; and having…

— William Shakespeare

Sick in the world's regard, wretched and low.

— William Shakespeare

O wretched state! O bosom black as death! O limed soul that, struggling to be free, art more engaged! Help, angels! Make assay! Bow,…

— William Shakespeare

You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both.

— William Shakespeare

O wretched state! o bosom black as death!

— William Shakespeare

He is the most wretched of men who has never felt adversity.

— William Shakespeare

“Here lies a wretched corse, of wretched soul bereft: Seek not my name: a plague consume you wicked caitiffs left! Here lie I, Timon;…

— William Shakespeare

Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.

— George Herbert

Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.

— Francis Bacon

“Two princes each one fair." *Walks toward the princes* "No get the hair.”

— Joanna Gleason