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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 1951 |
| AUTHOR: | Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
| QUOTATION: | Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration but no rest. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Of Empire. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. Kings are like stars: they rise and set; they have The worship of the world, but no repose. Percy Bysshe Shelley: Hellas. [back] |
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