So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before.
“Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.”
“I don't need to be looking at every failure of government, I need to be looking where failure of government needs reform.”