First, All Means To Conciliate; Failing That,

To Know How To Dissemble Is The Knowledge Of Kings. [fr., Savoir Dissimuler Est Le Savoir Des Rois.]

Bakers Of Bread Rolls And Pastry Cooks Will Not Buy Grain Before Eleven O'clock In Winter And Noon In Summer.

Harshness Towards Individuals Who Flout The Laws And Commands Of The State Is For The Public Good; No Greater Crime Against The Public Interest Is Possible Than To Show Leniency To Those Who Violate It.

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.

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