What then?
A good knight-errant is an indifferent courtier and a bad statesman.

Lastly, my friends--since you must know all that is in my heart--there remains the fact that I love myself a little.

I love my liberty too well, and I have no mind to stifle in the scented atmosphere of courts.

You see I am frank with you.

It is my pleasure to roam the world, my harness on my back, free as the blessed wind of heaven.