'Just as they say of a King, "He is in council," one always said of him, "The Emperor is in the wardrobe."'

'One day two cheats came: they gave themselves out as weavers.'

'He turned again to the mirror, for he wanted it to appear as if he contemplated his adornment with great interest.'

'No one would let it be perceived that he could see nothing, for that would have shown that he was not fit for office, or was very stupid. No clothes of the Emperor's had ever had such a success as these.'