Top 5 Quotes by Charles II of England

I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it.

Virtue

If we are understood, more words are unnecessary; if we are not likely to be understood, they are useless.

Useless, Unnecessary, Understood

"Hudibras" by Samuel Butler, edited by Henry George Bohn, (Part 1, Canto 1), 1859.

This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.

Action, Ministers, Very True

Reply to Lord Rochester's epitaph on him.

You must pardon me, gentlemen, for being a most unconscionable time a-dying.

Gentleman, Dying, Pardon Me

Brother, I am too old to go again to my travels.

Brother

Charles II of England Quotes