Theodora

Royalty is a fine burial shroud.

— Theodora

Fond, flatt'ring world, adieu!

— Theodora

For my own part, I adhere to the maxim of antiquity, that the throne is a glorious sepulchre.

— Theodora

For a king, death is better than dethronement and exile.

— Theodora

I suddenly realized I was a writer of wide reputation and most of it bad.

— Theodora

“Sometimes thing are too good to be true.”

— Theodora