Deception Is The Knowledge Of Kings.

First, All Means To Conciliate; Failing That, All Means To Crush.

War Is One Of The Scourges With Which It Has Pleased God To Afflict Men.

One Must Believe Neither The People Of The Palace, Who Ordinarily Measure The Power Of The King By The Shape Of His Crown, Which, Being Round, Has No End, Nor Those Who, In The Excesses Of An Indiscreet Zeal, Proclaim Themselves Openly As Partisans Of Rome.

If God Forbade Drinking, Would He Have Made Wine So Good?

Nothing Is As Dangerous For The State As Those Who Would Govern Kingdoms With Maxims Found In Books.