C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Crown

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Shakespeare.

Within the hollow crown
That rounds the mortal temples of a king,
Keeps death his court; and there the antick sits,
Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp.

Shakespeare.

A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns;
Brings dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem,
When on his shoulders each man’s burden lies;
For therein stands the office of a king,
His honor, virtue, merit, and chief praise,
That for the public all this weight he bears.

Milton.

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