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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick, a shadow on the wall. And, a very small man can cast a very large shadow.
George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones

They raise us to be soft as silk, distract us with luxury and wealth beyond measure, so we never rock the boat that carries us. They expect us to be so bored by our power that we let them do the ruling in our stead. Behind every throne is a masked servant who seeks only to make a puppet of the one who sits on it.
Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

Then Frodo came forward and took the crown from Faramir and bore it to Gandalf; and Aragorn knelt, and Gandalf set the White Crown upon his head and said: Now come the days of the King, and may they be blessed while the thrones of the Valar endure!
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Lord of The Rings ‐ The Hobbit (Piano/Cello Cover), ThePianoGuys

Game of Thrones Main Theme, Cover by Alina Gingertail

Crush, Bob Reynolds Group