First, All Means To Conciliate; Failing That,

If You Give Me Six Lines Written By The Hand Of The Most Honest Of Men, I Will Find Something In Them Which Will Hang Him.

Did You Think I Was Immortal?

Not The Least Of The Qualities That Go Into The Making Of A Great Ruler Is The Ability Of Letting Others Serve Him.

Secrecy Is The First Essential In Affairs Of State.

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.